Arlington Heights vs Meadowdale

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

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

Arlington Heights has the higher population (2,990 vs 2,948 in Meadowdale). Meadowdale has the higher median household income ($147,813 vs $118,529 in Arlington Heights). Meadowdale has the higher median home value ($753,600 vs $688,000 in Arlington Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington Heights	Meadowdale
Population	2,990	2,948
Median age	50.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$118,529	$147,813
Median home value	$688,000	$753,600
Median gross rent	—	$2,702
Housing units	1,074	1,091
Homeownership rate	81.6%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington Heights	Meadowdale
Population	2,410 → 2,990 (+24.1%)	3,151 → 2,948 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$94,464 → $118,529 (+25.5%)	$114,891 → $147,813 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$429,400 → $688,000 (+60.2%)	$458,300 → $753,600 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,585 → $2,702 (+70.5%)

Arlington Heights

Population

2,4102,990

Median household income

$94,464$118,529

Median home value

$429,400$688,000

Meadowdale

Population

3,1512,948

Median household income

$114,891$147,813

Median home value

$458,300$753,600

Median gross rent

$1,585$2,702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington Heights	Meadowdale
Under 5	1.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	20.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	14.4%
75 and over	17.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington Heights	Meadowdale
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	69.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington Heights	Meadowdale
No high school diploma	6.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	42.8%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington Heights	Meadowdale
Drove alone	62.0%	59.9%
Carpooled	20.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.2%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.8%	28.0%
Other means	2.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington Heights	Meadowdale
1-unit, detached	78.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington Heights	Meadowdale
Poverty rate	2.9%	7.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	40	26
Median year structure built	1991	1979