Arlington is one of Riverside, California’s oldest neighborhoods, yet it still maintains its 19th century village charm only found in this part of Southern California. Over the years, renovations have been made to this historically significant community including providing more dining and shopping opportunities while still preserving the architectural diversity of the city. Purchasing a home in Arlington Riverside CA, means you will be moving to an area that has plenty of amenities from schools and parks to grocery stores and shopping centers. It is the second most walkable community in the city of Riverside, and it’s only six miles from downtown. The residential streets are lined with rustic, single-family homes, condominiums and apartment buildings. About 70 percent of residences are owned, although there is a high percentage of residents who rent. Once known as “the city within a city,” Arlington was founded in 1875. In 1883, it combined with the Riverside colony to become the 39-square-mile city of Riverside. However, this quaint community grew to its present-day size after acquiring two annexations from the city in 1961 and 1964. In 1881, when the Arlington branch of the U.S. Postal Service opened, this formerly unincorporated land’s name was changed to Arlington Place. In 1900, through a vote of the residents, it was changed back to Arlington.
The 1.67-square-mile neighborhood of Arlington is bordered by Jackson Street to the east, Interstate 91 (Riverside Freeway) to the south, the neighborhood of La Sierra to the west and the Arlanza neighborhood the north. Magnolia Avenue serves as the community’s backbone while Arlington Village at Van Buren Boulevard is truly the neighborhood’s heart. It has a population of about 11,032 residents with the median household income as of 2013 being $45,748. There are slightly more males residing here than females, with average age of both being around 28 years old. Unfortunately, Arlington has a crime rate (294.8), which is higher than the city of Riverside and the country’s average. Property crimes and violent crimes are the two main types of offenses this neighborhood. Like many Southern Californians, Arlington has a high percentage of native residents (62 percent), yet more than 21 percent of its citizens live below the poverty level. Only 17 percent of individuals in Arlington have a high school diploma or GDE equivalent. The average household size is 3.4 with 19.5 percent of them being married-couple families with children, and 5.3 percent of them being single-mother households.
Because of the efforts made to revitalize the community by the Arlington Village Beautification and Magnolia Avenue Irrigation projects, the urban streetscape in the heart of the community is flourishing. These upgrades were also made possible in 2001 when the city and Arlington’s neighborhood associations put together the Arlington Community Plan, which outlines policies and goals for the neighborhood’s revitalization.
Even though Arlington is not very large, there is still a number of entities that help make the community unique including Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse, which is the site of the former Riverside County Hospital, as well as the following venues:
