Arlington vs Bedford

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (394,769 vs 49,191 in Bedford). Bedford has the higher median household income ($81,393 vs $73,519 in Arlington). Bedford has the higher median home value ($322,300 vs $276,400 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Bedford
Population	394,769	49,191
Median age	33.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,519	$81,393
Median home value	$276,400	$322,300
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,429
Housing units	150,519	21,600
Homeownership rate	54.8%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Bedford
Population	395,477 → 394,769 (-0.2%)	49,323 → 49,191 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$60,571 → $73,519 (+21.4%)	$70,362 → $81,393 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$170,700 → $276,400 (+61.9%)	$217,300 → $322,300 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,389 (+31.7%)	$1,116 → $1,429 (+28.0%)

Arlington

Population

395,477394,769

Median household income

$60,571$73,519

Median home value

$170,700$276,400

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,389

Bedford

Population

49,32349,191

Median household income

$70,362$81,393

Median home value

$217,300$322,300

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,429

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Bedford
Under 5	6.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.0%
75 and over	4.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Bedford
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	59.5%
Black or African American	21.9%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Bedford
No high school diploma	14.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	23.3%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Bedford
Drove alone	74.7%	74.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.8%	16.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Bedford
1-unit, detached	60.1%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	23.4%
20 or more units	8.8%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Bedford
Poverty rate	13.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.77	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1985	1983