Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)

Citation: Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)
Jurisdiction: Arlington (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57214/637641171662530000 ↗

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Financial Characteristics
Median earnings of the noninstitutionalized population with a disability in Arlington was $32,500 (±$17,254),4
while median earnings of the noninstitutionalized population without a disability was nearly double that at
$61,790 (±$2,967).5 While the margins of error make it difficult to draw specific conclusions, it is fair to say
that residents with a disability earn, on average, substantially less than those without a disability.
Median earnings of the noninstitutionalized population with a disability in Arlington places the town towards the
center of the comparison region (9/21, ranked highest to lowest income), which ranges from $61,167
(±$53,895) in Concord to $17,932 (±$40,945) in Waltham.6 Though these numbers offer a general indication
of median earnings across the municipalities in the comparison region, note that the range of possible incomes for
each municipality is so large that they comprise the range of possible incomes for the other municipalities. For this
reason, less attention should be paid to each municipalities’ ranking.
Of the noninstitutionalized population with a disability in Arlington, 17% (±6%) were living in poverty, which is
about ten percent more than the overall population of Arlington living in poverty (5% ± 1%) but about ten
percent less than the aggregated statistic (25% ± 1%) for the comparison region. In other words, while the share
of disabled individuals living in poverty is far less in Arlington than in the region, it is still far greater than the
share of individuals in Arlington living in poverty without a disability.
Across the comparison region, communities with higher household incomes tended to have a proportionally
smaller population with disabilities. This indicates that people with disabilities,