Arlington vs Monroe

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (20,599 vs 19,696 in Monroe). Monroe has the higher median household income ($107,556 vs $84,919 in Arlington). Monroe has the higher median home value ($594,300 vs $492,600 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Monroe
Population	20,599	19,696
Median age	37.1 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,919	$107,556
Median home value	$492,600	$594,300
Median gross rent	$1,764	$1,902
Housing units	8,126	6,241
Homeownership rate	63.4%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Monroe
Population	19,483 → 20,599 (+5.7%)	18,865 → 19,696 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$82,626 → $84,919 (+2.8%)	$85,896 → $107,556 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$323,200 → $492,600 (+52.4%)	$357,000 → $594,300 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,764 (+31.5%)	$1,391 → $1,902 (+36.7%)

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

Monroe

Population

18,86519,696

Median household income

$85,896$107,556

Median home value

$357,000$594,300

Median gross rent

$1,391$1,902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Monroe
Under 5	6.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	20.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.0%
75 and over	6.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	65.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.5%
Asian	5.5%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Monroe
No high school diploma	9.1%	9.7%
High school graduate	31.1%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Monroe
Drove alone	73.7%	69.6%
Carpooled	12.4%	11.0%
Public transit	0.8%	1.7%
Walked	1.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.1%	13.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Monroe
1-unit, detached	62.2%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	7.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Monroe
Poverty rate	11.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1995	1996