Arlington is a relatively large town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 234,000 people and 71 associated neighborhoods, Arlington is the third largest community in Virginia. Arlington home prices are not only among the most expensive in Virginia, but Arlington real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Arlington is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.22% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Arlington is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arlington who work in management occupations (17.68%), business and financial occupations (15.64%), and computer science and math (11.17%). Also of interest is that Arlington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Arlington is also a town of artists. Arlington has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Arlington’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 26.99% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. For the size of the town, public transportation in Arlington is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Arlington, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.If knowledge is power, Arlington is a pretty powerful place. 76.76% of the adults in Arlington have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Arlington in 2022 was $85,221, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $340,884 for a family of four. Arlington is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Arlington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arlington residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Arlington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.58% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Arlington include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish. In addition, Arlington has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (22.26%). The most common language spoken in Arlington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
