City safety & data profile

Upper ArlingtonOH

Upper Arlington, OH is a 35K-resident city in Franklin County with a median household income of $155,167.

Franklin County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Upper Arlington, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Upper Arlington has a population larger than 69% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $595,600.

Data updated 2026-09-05

35K
Population (place)
Top 31%
By size
$155,167
Median income (place)
$595,600
Median home (place)
3.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Upper Arlington

Upper Arlington posts a median household income higher than 94% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 6%
by median income, US cities

Where Upper Arlington income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$155,167 Top 6% higher than 94% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Upper Arlington $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Upper Arlington, OH beyond the headline numbers

Upper Arlington sits inside Franklin County, Ohio, at roughly 39.99°N, -83.06°W. Population 34,907, $155,167 median household income. Median home value $595,600, median rent $1,588. Poverty rate 3.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 3.3% of Upper Arlington, OH residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Upper Arlington costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

27.3% of Upper Arlington workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 12.8% in Upper Arlington, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Upper Arlington from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
34,907
Upper Arlington · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$155,167
+74% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$595,600
+44% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Franklin County): Upper Arlington's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.3M+13%
Median Income
$75,176+48%
Median Home Value
$288,400+91%
Poverty Rate
14.7%-19%
Unemployment
4.6%-47%

Economics

Economics indicators for Upper Arlington, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,588/mo
Poverty Rate
3.3% -73% vs avg
Unemployment 2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 79.8%
Work From Home 27.3%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 85.4%
African American 1.1%
Asian 6.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
29.8%
Short Sleep Duration
29.5%
Obesity
26.1%
Binge Drinking
18.5%
Physical Inactivity
14.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.8%
Current Asthma
9.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.4%
Diabetes
8.9%
Current Smoking
7.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 78.8%
Annual Checkup 82.1%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
5%
Lack of Health Insurance
3.8%
Stroke
2.3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Upper Arlington?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Upper Arlington right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-UPPER-ARLINGTON · Upper Arlington

Upper Arlington: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Upper Arlington; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Upper Arlington, OH?
Upper Arlington, OH has a population of 34,907 people, located in Franklin County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Upper Arlington?
The median household income in Upper Arlington, OH is $155,167 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 3.3%.
What is the median home value in Upper Arlington?
The median home value in Upper Arlington, OH is $595,600. Median rent is $1,588/month.
What are the top health concerns in Upper Arlington?
The top health indicators in Upper Arlington include High Blood Pressure (29.8%), Short Sleep Duration (29.5%), Obesity (26.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Upper Arlington?
The median age in Upper Arlington, OH is 40.2 years. 79.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Upper Arlington, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (3.3% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($155,167 here).

Compare Upper Arlington with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Upper Arlington's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Franklin County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.