Arlington vs North Richland Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Arlington and North Richland Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Arlington and North Richland Hills 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 70,338 in North Richland Hills). North Richland Hills has the higher median household income ($93,434 vs $73,519 in Arlington). North Richland Hills has the higher median home value ($324,800 vs $276,400 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	North Richland Hills
Population	394,769	70,338
Median age	33.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,519	$93,434
Median home value	$276,400	$324,800
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,609
Housing units	150,519	28,594
Homeownership rate	54.8%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	North Richland Hills
Population	395,477 → 394,769 (-0.2%)	70,202 → 70,338 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$60,571 → $73,519 (+21.4%)	$71,076 → $93,434 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$170,700 → $276,400 (+61.9%)	$203,800 → $324,800 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,389 (+31.7%)	$1,165 → $1,609 (+38.1%)

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

North Richland Hills

Population

70,20270,338

Median household income

$71,076$93,434

Median home value

$203,800$324,800

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	North Richland Hills
Under 5	6.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.2%
75 and over	4.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	North Richland Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	67.3%
Black or African American	21.9%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	7.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	North Richland Hills
No high school diploma	14.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	23.3%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	North Richland Hills
Drove alone	74.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.8%	14.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	North Richland Hills
1-unit, detached	60.1%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	13.2%
20 or more units	8.8%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	North Richland Hills
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1985	1986