Arlington vs Stamford

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

Arlington and Stamford 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 522 in Stamford). Stamford has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $73,164 in Arlington). Stamford has the higher median home value ($263,600 vs $231,800 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Stamford
Population	1,871	522
Median age	35.8 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,164	$88,750
Median home value	$231,800	$263,600
Median gross rent	$1,090	—
Housing units	677	230
Homeownership rate	70.2%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Stamford
Population	1,452 → 1,871 (+28.9%)	465 → 522 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$57,708 → $73,164 (+26.8%)	$66,146 → $88,750 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $231,800 (+14.5%)	$225,000 → $263,600 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,090 (+23.2%)	$789 → $900 (+14.1%)

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

Stamford

Population

465522

Median household income

$66,146$88,750

Median home value

$225,000$263,600

Median gross rent

$789$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Stamford
Under 5	7.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	12.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	7.5%
35 to 44	18.4%	7.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	20.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	19.0%
75 and over	5.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Stamford
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Stamford
No high school diploma	2.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	25.5%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Stamford
Drove alone	66.0%	86.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Stamford
1-unit, detached	79.2%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Stamford
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.7%
Average household size	3.24	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1954	1965