
Tennessee · Census place 01740
Arlington, TN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Arlington, Tennessee (Arlington, TN — Census place “Arlington town”) is 14,989 residents, ranking #40 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $125,909, the median home is worth $367,700 and median gross rent runs $2,046 a month. Looking for the Arlington Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Arlington, TN: 38002.
- Population
- 14,989Arlington town residents
- Median household income
- $125,909Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $367,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,046Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 85.2%Owner-occupied households
Arlington ZIP codes (Tennessee)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Arlington.
The Arlington TN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Arlington town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Arlington town median would spend about 19.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.4% of residents and 85.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Arlington town, TN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Arlington town is a mid-size town in Tennessee, with 14,989 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #40 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 35.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Arlington town earn a median of $125,909 a year, 60.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 125% above the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 5.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Arlington town is valued at $367,700, 21.2% above the national figure and 92% above the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,046 a month, 45.5% above the national figure, or roughly $24,552 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 85.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Tennessee.
- Nolensville town 14,545
- Greeneville town 15,531
- Elizabethton city 14,364
- Seymour CDP 15,914
- Athens city 14,250
- Dyersburg city 16,075
- Lakeland city 14,068
- Dickson city 16,246
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Arlington town?
- Arlington town has 14,989 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #40 of 504 in Tennessee.
- What is the median household income in Arlington town?
- Median household income in Arlington town is $125,909 a year, 60.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Arlington town?
- Median gross rent is $2,046 a month and the median home value is $367,700, so rent absorbs about 19.5% of median household income.
- Is Arlington town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Arlington town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Arlington town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.