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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Of all households in Arlington, 5% (±1%) receive public assistance, which is far less than the aggregated statistic
for the comparison region: 13%. This suggests that households receiving public assistance are underrepresented.
Some forms of public assistance available in town are administered by the Arlington Housing Authority, which
provides housing directly, as well as rental vouchers to residents in private housing. Additional demographic
information for Housing Authority assistance recipients is discussed in Arlington Housing Authority on page 76.

Sex
Sex-based discrimination in housing can take many forms. It can include refusal to provide housing or real estate
services based on sex, as well as forms of sexual harassment. Data from the Census Bureau ostensibly covers sex
and not gender, and no data is explicitly provided on gender.9

Financial Characteristics
The median income for men in Arlington was $65,847 (±$6,181) and for women was $46,346 (±$3,189).
Arlington was in the higher end of median income for men in the comparison region and had the second highest
median female income, following Brookline. Examining the disparity between male and female median income,
Arlington ranked in the middle of the range; the highest disparity was $89,583 (Weston) and the lowest was
$8,220 (Somerville). Correspondingly, within Arlington, 4% (±1%) of the male population lived in poverty, while
6% (±1%) of the female population lived in poverty. This disparity was reflected in other municipalities as well.
For both figures, Arlington fell towards the center of the comparison municipalities.