Arlington vs Mansfield

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

Arlington and Mansfield 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 75,398 in Mansfield). Mansfield has the higher median household income ($116,590 vs $73,519 in Arlington). Mansfield has the higher median home value ($380,000 vs $276,400 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Mansfield
Population	394,769	75,398
Median age	33.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,519	$116,590
Median home value	$276,400	$380,000
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,798
Housing units	150,519	25,978
Homeownership rate	54.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Mansfield
Population	395,477 → 394,769 (-0.2%)	69,557 → 75,398 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$60,571 → $73,519 (+21.4%)	$99,510 → $116,590 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$170,700 → $276,400 (+61.9%)	$257,100 → $380,000 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,389 (+31.7%)	$1,428 → $1,798 (+25.9%)

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

Mansfield

Population

69,55775,398

Median household income

$99,510$116,590

Median home value

$257,100$380,000

Median gross rent

$1,428$1,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Mansfield
Under 5	6.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	23.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	6.5%
75 and over	4.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Mansfield
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	50.5%
Black or African American	21.9%	23.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Mansfield
No high school diploma	14.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	23.3%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Mansfield
Drove alone	74.7%	76.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	13.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Mansfield
1-unit, detached	60.1%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	4.9%
20 or more units	8.8%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Mansfield
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.77	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1985	2004