Arlington vs Pownal

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (1,871 vs 587 in Pownal). Arlington has the higher median household income ($73,164 vs $55,156 in Pownal). Arlington has the higher median home value ($231,800 vs $215,900 in Pownal).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Pownal
Population	1,871	587
Median age	35.8 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,164	$55,156
Median home value	$231,800	$215,900
Median gross rent	$1,090	—
Housing units	677	172
Homeownership rate	70.2%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Pownal
Population	1,452 → 1,871 (+28.9%)	666 → 587 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$57,708 → $73,164 (+26.8%)	$56,771 → $55,156 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $231,800 (+14.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,090 (+23.2%)	—

Arlington

Population

1,4521,871

Median household income

$57,708$73,164

Median home value

$202,500$231,800

Median gross rent

$885$1,090

Pownal

Population

666587

Median household income

$56,771$55,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Pownal
Under 5	7.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	28.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	5.3%
35 to 44	18.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	1.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.8%
75 and over	5.1%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Pownal
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	6.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Pownal
No high school diploma	2.5%	13.8%
High school graduate	25.5%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Pownal
Drove alone	66.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Pownal
1-unit, detached	79.2%	48.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	36.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Pownal
Poverty rate	9.3%	21.6%
Average household size	3.24	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1954	1969