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Everything else equal, I think we can all agree that living in a cheaper place is better than living in a more expensive place.
I'd much rather pay $500/mo in rent than $1,000. And I'd rather pay $2 for coffee than $5.
And while every neighbhorhood in Arlington might be more expensive than living in rural Virginia, there are certain neighborhoods that are definitely cheaper.
So what exactly are those Arlington neighborhoods where your dollar goes a little further -- you can get that one bedroom instead of the studio?
Instead of relying on public opinion and speculation, we wanted to get the facts straight and find out which neighborhoods in Arlington are the cheapest.
The Cheapest Neighborhoods In Arlington For 2022
What's the cheapest neighborhood to live in Arlington for 2022? According to the most recent census data, Aurora Highlands looks to be the cheaptest Arlington neighborhood to live in.
At this point we should make it clear that you do get what you pay for -- some of these neighborhoods might not be the best places to live in Arlington. You could be sacrificing location or crime rates in return for more space and cheaper groceries.
Read on to see how we determined the places around Arlington that deserve a little bragging rights or maybe you're interested in the worst neighborhoods in Arlington.
Once you're done, you can look at the bottom of the story for a complete chart of every neighborhood we looked at from cheapest to most expensive.
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The 10 Cheapest Neighborhoods To Live In Arlington For 2022
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Population: 11,584
Cost Of Living Index: 145 (12th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.2 (cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.015 (32nd cheapest)
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Population: 10,224
Cost Of Living Index: 140 (6th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.8 (8th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.015 (34th cheapest)
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Population: 2,865
Cost Of Living Index: 143 (10th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.8 (9th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.014 (3cheapest)
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Population: 7,049
Cost Of Living Index: 168 (26th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.9 (10th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.007 (14th cheapest)
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Population: 1,579
Cost Of Living Index: 170 (28th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 4.0 (11th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.006 (12th cheapest)
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Population: 2,684
Cost Of Living Index: 150 (14th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 4.4 (24th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.006 (13th cheapest)
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Population: 9,100
Cost Of Living Index: 143 (10th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.4 (2nd cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.017 (43rd cheapest)
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Population: 6,804
Cost Of Living Index: 130 (2nd cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.6 (3rd cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.021 (50th cheapest)
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Population: 1,549
Cost Of Living Index: 217 (47th cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.6 (4th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.0 (5th cheapest)
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Population: 1,757
Cost Of Living Index: 173 (32nd cheapest)
Home Value To Income Ratio: 3.8 (7th cheapest)
Rent To Income Ratio: 0.01 (20th cheapest)
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Methodology: How We Determined The Cheapest Arlington Hoods In 2022
In order to rank the cheapest places to live in Arlington, we had to determine what criteria defines "cheap".
Using census and extrapolated BLS data, we arrived at the following set of criteria:
- Overall Cost Of Living
- Rent To Income Ratio
- Median Home Value To Income Ratio
We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 57 in each category, where 1 was the cheapest.
Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a cheap neighborhood index.
And finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest cheapest neighborhood index the "Cheapest City Neighborhood In Arlington." We're lookin' at you, Aurora Highlands.
Read on below to learn more about what it's like to live in the cheapest places Arlington. Or skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city from cheapest to most expensive.
Summary: Lowest Cost Places To Live In Arlington
If you're measuring the neighborhoods in Arlington where prices are low and it's cheap to live, this is an accurate list.
As we mentioned earlier, the neighborhoods in Arlington aren't all cheap. North Rosslyn takes the title of the most expensive neighborhood to live in Arlington.
We ranked the neighborhoods from cheapest to most expensive in the chart below.
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