Arrington vs Shipman

A side-by-side comparison of Arrington and Shipman: population, income, housing, and more.

Arrington and Shipman are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arrington has the higher population (1,084 vs 489 in Shipman). Arrington has the higher median household income ($47,000 vs $45,982 in Shipman). Shipman has the higher median home value ($237,900 vs $144,300 in Arrington).

Population, income & housing

	Arrington	Shipman
Population	1,084	489
Median age	27.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,000	$45,982
Median home value	$144,300	$237,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,091
Housing units	298	335
Homeownership rate	90.6%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arrington	Shipman
Population	905 → 1,084 (+19.8%)	332 → 489 (+47.3%)
Median household income	$57,663 → $47,000 (-18.5%)	$18,102 → $45,982 (+154.0%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $144,300 (+46.5%)	$170,700 → $237,900 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$385 → $1,091 (+183.4%)

Arrington

Population

9051,084

Median household income

$57,663$47,000

Median home value

$98,500$144,300

Shipman

Population

332489

Median household income

$18,102$45,982

Median home value

$170,700$237,900

Median gross rent

$385$1,091

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arrington	Shipman
Under 5	6.8%	9.8%
5 to 17	22.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	6.2%	18.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.9%
75 and over	0.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arrington	Shipman
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	62.6%
Black or African American	21.7%	35.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	21.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arrington	Shipman
No high school diploma	18.6%	17.8%
High school graduate	19.3%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arrington	Shipman
Drove alone	51.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	2.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	11.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arrington	Shipman
1-unit, detached	70.1%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Arrington	Shipman
Poverty rate	23.9%	21.3%
Average household size	3.64	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1988	1984