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Arlington, TN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Arlington, TN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 38,927. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ARLINGTON-TN · Arlington, TN 1 ZIPs · 38,927 pop · #2440/25278 · Shelby County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $116,895
  • RANK-TOP #2440/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Collierville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-SMALL 38,927
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $399,300

Nearest income peer: Collierville, TN (+ $21,782 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Arlington

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Arlington on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Arlington, TN sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 10%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
38,927
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$116,895
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $116,895 and home value $399,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 45.8%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Arlington as a pure owner town.

Within Tennessee, Mount Juliet is the closest lower-income city and Southside the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Arlington.

Population concentration

Arlington's single ZIP 38002 carries the town

Arlington is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 38002 is the entire residential footprint (38,927 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Arlington's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 593 establishments, 7,080 employees , annual payroll $354,656k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 38002 (593 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (82) · also Accommodation and food services · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Arlington, TN

These ZIP codes sit in Shelby County, which covers 37 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Arlington. See the Shelby County roll-up →

Arlington lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Shelby County: Collierville and Germantown earn more and Memphis, Cordova and Millington earn less. Memphis marks the far end of that range at $57,170, 51% below Arlington.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
38002 38,927 $116,895 593 129
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Arlington roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Arlington, .