Arlington, TX: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal city of the metropolis and region. The city had a population of 394,266 in 2020, making it the second-largest city in the county after Fort Worth and the third-largest city in the metropolitan area, after Dallas and Fort Worth. Arlington is the 51st-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the state of Texas, and the largest city in the state that is not a county seat. Arlington is home to the University of Texas at Arlington, a major urban research university, the Arlington Ass…

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How Arlington ranks

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#191Most remote workers in TX #207Most educated in TX #266Highest income in TX All TX rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code76001, 76002, 76003

Area code682, 817, 214

Living in Arlington

Housing in Arlington

$310K▼ 0.8% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Arlington home is worth about $310,000, down 0.8% in a year, close to the Texas typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market37

Sale-to-list98.4%

Sold in May293

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Safety in Arlington

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Safety Grade C-

Arlington reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 84% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 45%.

Violent crime per 1,000

Arlington 4

Texas 3.5

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Arlington 19.8

Texas 18.1

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Arlington

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School Grade C-

The public schools Arlington’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 79% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictARLINGTON ISDSchools118

PEACH EL DElementary · Grades PK–6 · 936 students THORNTON EL DElementary · Grades PK–6 · 849 students VIRIDIAN EL AElementary · Grades PK–6 · 845 students MOORE EL BElementary · Grades PK–6 · 839 students BEBENSEE EL DElementary · Grades PK–6 · 765 students ELLIS EL DElementary · Grades PK–6 · 753 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.