Arlington vs Bothell West

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

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

Bothell West has the higher population (21,014 vs 20,599 in Arlington). Bothell West has the higher median household income ($144,941 vs $84,919 in Arlington). Bothell West has the higher median home value ($757,700 vs $492,600 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Bothell West
Population	20,599	21,014
Median age	37.1 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,919	$144,941
Median home value	$492,600	$757,700
Median gross rent	$1,764	$2,552
Housing units	8,126	7,840
Homeownership rate	63.4%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	53.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Bothell West
Population	19,483 → 20,599 (+5.7%)	21,115 → 21,014 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$82,626 → $84,919 (+2.8%)	$111,705 → $144,941 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$323,200 → $492,600 (+52.4%)	$464,700 → $757,700 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,764 (+31.5%)	$1,922 → $2,552 (+32.8%)

Arlington

Population

19,48320,599

Median household income

$82,626$84,919

Median home value

$323,200$492,600

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,764

Bothell West

Population

21,11521,014

Median household income

$111,705$144,941

Median home value

$464,700$757,700

Median gross rent

$1,922$2,552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Bothell West
Under 5	6.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	17.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	16.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.3%
75 and over	6.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Bothell West
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	56.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	5.5%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Bothell West
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	31.1%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Bothell West
Drove alone	73.7%	63.4%
Carpooled	12.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.8%	3.5%
Walked	1.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.1%	24.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Bothell West
1-unit, detached	62.2%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	8.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Bothell West
Poverty rate	11.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1995	1992