Arlington

Population & Demographics

Arlington, TX

Arlington is home to 397,742 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 192,021 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
397,742
people
Population

397,742 residents

Median age 33.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Arlington population & demographics

Who lives in Arlington — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
397,742
Median age
33.7yrs
Median household income
$75,171
Median home value
$304,700
Median gross rent
$1,470/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
32.6%
Poverty rate
12.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Arlington

How Arlington breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White34.1%
Hispanic or Latino32.2%
Black22.1%
Asian7.3%
Two or more races3.5%
Some other race0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Arlington

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Arlington.

Arlington at a glance
Employed Residents
192,021
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
22.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Fort Worth
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Arlington proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Arlington commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

53 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Arlington

192,021 commutes, one dot at a time

Arlington

Where 192,021 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Arlington, by worker count.

1Arlington0.0 mi42,329
2Fort Worth13.3 mi28,899
3Dallas20.5 mi26,143
4Irving14.2 mi12,243
5Grand Prairie5.8 mi11,088
6Mansfield8.3 mi5,516
7Grapevine16.3 mi4,894
8Plano32.7 mi3,287

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Arlington.

1Arlington0.0 mi42,329
2Fort Worth13.3 mi26,214
3Dallas20.5 mi12,971
4Grand Prairie5.8 mi12,245
5Mansfield8.3 mi5,636
6Irving14.2 mi4,606
7Euless10.4 mi2,019
8North Richland Hills12.4 mi1,868

Top industries

The sectors that employ Arlington’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance14.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services11.4%
RTRetail Trade10.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.3%
MFManufacturing9.3%
EDEducational Services8.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.0%
FIFinance and Insurance5.0%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Arlington

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps97%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Arlington

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