{"id":13781,"date":"2013-06-13T03:43:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T10:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/?p=13781"},"modified":"2013-06-13T03:43:40","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T10:43:40","slug":"is-arlington-a-good-place-to-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/is-arlington-a-good-place-to-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Arlington a Good Place to Live?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/images\/Six+Flags+Over+Texas.JPG\" title=\"Six Flags Over Texas\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Wikipedia.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAnyone who wants to enjoy a big city ambiance with a couple of even bigger cities right on the doorstep, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/tx\/arlington.html\" title=\"Arlington Homes for Sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arlington, Texas<\/a> is a good place to live. Nestled between Dallas to the east, and Fort Worth to the west, Arlington does have a lot going for it. But how does this city of 375,600 people stack up when we look at crime, education, employment, and cost of living?<br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<h2>Safety in Arlington<\/h2>\n<p>Looking at the crime statistics Arlington as a whole doesn\u2019t come across as the best place to live \u2013 the city\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.areavibes.com\/arlington-tx\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crime index<\/a> is 67 percent higher than the Texas average, and this puts Arlington as safer than only 10 percent of the cities in the nation. Your chances of being a victim of crime in Arlington are 1 in 20 but that\u2019s more likely to be petty crime or property crime than anything else. Violent crime is not such a serious problem \u2013 with a 1 in 200 chance of being a victim of violent crime in Arlington. Of course, there are some neighborhoods that are worse than others while some of Arlington\u2019s neighborhoods are safe and family friendly \u2013 North Arlington is especially safe.<br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<h2>Employment and the Economy in Arlington<\/h2>\n<p>Arlington\u2019s economy is kept strong with its good selection of industries \u2013 the tourism sector employs many people in the city, working at the theme parks, and in the hotels and other places that service the incoming tourists. Six Flags Over Texas is one of the largest employers in Arlington, as is Arlington Independent School District, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Texas_at_Arlington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Texas at Arlington<\/a>, and General Motors, who have an assembly plant in the city. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.areavibes.com\/arlington-tx\/employment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unemployment rate<\/a> is below the state and national average at 7.1 percent and there\u2019s a low incidence of poverty in Arlington too, sitting at 9.9 percent compared to the Texas average of 17.8 percent and the national average of 12.3 percent.<br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<h2>Cost of Living in Arlington<\/h2>\n<p>Living is Arlington does cost a little more than the Texas average (by 3.9 percent), but it\u2019s more affordable than the national average (by 5.6 percent). On the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.areavibes.com\/arlington-tx\/cost-of-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cost of living index<\/a> housing is the most affordable, coming in at 16 percent lower than the national average. Goods and services, groceries, health care, and transportation all come under the national average, but you do have to pay more for utilities here. They cost 10 percent more than the national average, and 14 percent more than the Texas average.<br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<h2>Schools and Education in Arlington<\/h2>\n<p>Arlington is covered by four different independent school districts (ISDs): Arlington, Mansfield, Grand Prairie, and Kennedale, with Arlington itself being the largest. There are 85 public schools and 21 private schools in the city, as well as 10 post secondary schools. This includes the University of Texas at Arlington, which is just west of Central Arlington. Overall, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.areavibes.com\/arlington-tx\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">graduation rates<\/a> in Arlington are good with 84.9 percent graduating high school compared to the Texas average of 67 percent and the national average of 58.6 percent. With the university being here there\u2019s also a good record when it comes to completing bachelors \u2013 30.4 percent in Arlington compared to the statewide average of 10.3 percent and the nationwide average of 13.9 percent.<br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<h2>Air Quality in Arlington<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.areavibes.com\/arlington-tx\/health-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Air quality<\/a> in Arlington is pretty good if you are sensitive to these things. The air quality index is 9.6 percent higher than the Texas average, and 13.5 percent greater than the national average. Only 2 days in a year are considered to have poor air quality, while 79 are moderate, and 250 are good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who wants to enjoy a big city ambiance with a couple of even bigger cities right on the doorstep, then Arlington, Texas is a good place to live. Nestled between Dallas to the east, and Fort Worth to the west, Arlington does have a lot going for it. But how does this city of 375,600 people stack up when we look at crime, education, employment, and cost of living? Safety in Arlington Looking at the crime statistics Arlington as a whole doesn\u2019t come across as the best place to live \u2013 the city\u2019s crime index is 67 percent higher [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","post--single"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Arlington a Good Place to Live?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/is-arlington-a-good-place-to-live\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is Arlington a Good Place to Live?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anyone who wants to enjoy a big city ambiance with a couple of even bigger cities right on the doorstep, then Arlington, Texas is a good place to live. 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