Arlington Comprehensive Plan Update Adopted 3-17-2015 | Page 151
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME............................................
EDUCATION.............................................................................
English accounts for only 69% of languages spoken at home.
35% of Arlington residents have some type of degree beyond high school.
7%
Less than 9th grade
9%
9th - 12th grade, no diploma
Do Not Speak
English
30.9%
Speak Only English
69.1%
24%
Other Language
High school graduate (includes equivalency)
25%
Other
Indo-European
Language
Some college, no degree
7%
Associate’s degree
Asian/Pacific Island
Language
Spanish/Spanish
Creole
20%
Bachelor’s degree
8%
Graduate or professioinal degree
EMPLOYMENT.........................................................................
COMMUTING..........................................................................
Management, Sales, and Office occupations account for over 61% of
employment in Arlington.
Average City residents commute 25.7 minutes one-way to their jobs every
day.
28.6%
32.9%
Management
15.0%
Sales and Office
Service
13.2%
10.3%
Production,
Transportation, and
Material Moving
Natural Resources,
Construction, and
Maintenance
25.7 minute drive-time radius
INCOME...................................................................................
POVERTY.................................................................................
Median household income decreased by aproximately 14% from $60,304 in
2000 to $52,094 in 2010.
Nearly 14% of individuals in the City have incomes below the poverty line.
One in 7 people lives in poverty
2000 INCOME
2010 INCOME
Of those, 1 in 5 are under the age of 18
145
*2010 constant dollars
Of those children, 1 in 4 are under 5 years of age