Arlington vs Grapevine

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

Arlington and Grapevine 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 50,875 in Grapevine). Grapevine has the higher median household income ($111,438 vs $73,519 in Arlington). Grapevine has the higher median home value ($470,400 vs $276,400 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Grapevine
Population	394,769	50,875
Median age	33.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,519	$111,438
Median home value	$276,400	$470,400
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,806
Housing units	150,519	22,676
Homeownership rate	54.8%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Grapevine
Population	395,477 → 394,769 (-0.2%)	53,317 → 50,875 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$60,571 → $73,519 (+21.4%)	$91,143 → $111,438 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$170,700 → $276,400 (+61.9%)	$320,400 → $470,400 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,389 (+31.7%)	$1,380 → $1,806 (+30.9%)

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

Grapevine

Population

53,31750,875

Median household income

$91,143$111,438

Median home value

$320,400$470,400

Median gross rent

$1,380$1,806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Grapevine
Under 5	6.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.4%
75 and over	4.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Grapevine
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	63.3%
Black or African American	21.9%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	7.2%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Grapevine
No high school diploma	14.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	23.3%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Grapevine
Drove alone	74.7%	72.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.8%	19.5%
Other means	1.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Grapevine
1-unit, detached	60.1%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	19.4%
20 or more units	8.8%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Grapevine
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1985	1992