Arlington vs Memphis

A side-by-side comparison of Arlington and Memphis: population, income, housing, and more.

Arlington and Memphis are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Memphis has the higher population (629,063 vs 14,989 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median household income ($125,909 vs $51,211 in Memphis). Arlington has the higher median home value ($367,700 vs $157,100 in Memphis).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Memphis
Population	14,989	629,063
Median age	35.2 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,909	$51,211
Median home value	$367,700	$157,100
Median gross rent	$2,046	$1,123
Housing units	4,843	292,290
Homeownership rate	85.2%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Memphis
Population	11,697 → 14,989 (+28.1%)	651,932 → 629,063 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$102,114 → $125,909 (+23.3%)	$41,228 → $51,211 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$238,500 → $367,700 (+54.2%)	$101,800 → $157,100 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,801 → $2,046 (+13.6%)	$901 → $1,123 (+24.6%)

Arlington

Population

11,69714,989

Median household income

$102,114$125,909

Median home value

$238,500$367,700

Median gross rent

$1,801$2,046

Memphis

Population

651,932629,063

Median household income

$41,228$51,211

Median home value

$101,800$157,100

Median gross rent

$901$1,123

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Memphis
Under 5	7.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	25.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.9%
75 and over	2.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	22.9%
Black or African American	11.9%	62.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Memphis
No high school diploma	2.9%	12.6%
High school graduate	18.4%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Memphis
Drove alone	80.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.8%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Memphis
1-unit, detached	95.6%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	16.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Memphis
Poverty rate	5.4%	22.5%
Average household size	3.17	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	2004	1970