Arlington Analytics

Retirement and Real Estate Taxes

Last updated: June, 2022

We evaluate the impact of rising assessments on Arlington's retirees. We find that, excluding tax relief, the average retiree pays more than $3,000 per year ($1,200 inflation-adjusted) in real estate taxes. The impact of these rising assessments is not constrained to any particular geographic area. It is uncorrelated with income, which likely makes these tax increases regressive.

Data

Easily accessible, visible data on county data including:

• Budgets, Assets, and Liabilities
• Schools
• Maps
• Capital Improvement Plans (CIP)
• and more...

Missing Middle and Housing Prices

Last updated: May, 2022

We evaluate the effects of new Missing Middle construction on housing prices in Arlington. We find a modest downward pressure on prices in the townhouse and duplex market segments, upward price pressure on detached single-family houses, minimal effects on the prices of apartments, and minimal overall real estate costs across the county.

Policy Apps

Tools based on the Arlington Analytics' Model of Arlington: a large-scale analytical tool based on current property data, approved and anticipated building plans, school enrollment, census data, and more. The apps here are web-friendly versions of the most important parts of our analytical tools.

Plan Langston Boulevard: Total

Last updated: October, 2021

Plan Langston Boulevard focuses on land use in five potential areas of development, beginning with area one in the west near East Falls Church metro and finishing in the east with area five in North Highlands. In this section, we summarize the fiscal fiscal effects of development in all five areas.

Visualizations

Learn about where students are located, which languages are spoken, population densities, assessments per student, and much more about Arlington County using interactive maps.

Plan Langston Boulevard: Area One

Last updated: October, 2021

Plan Langston Boulevard focuses on land use in five potential areas of development, beginning with area one in the west near East Falls Church metro and finishing in the east with area five in North Highlands. In this section, we analyze the fiscal fiscal effects of development in area one around East Falls Church.

About

Information on the sources of data, methods, differences between our statistics and the official statistics, and us.

Plan Langston Boulevard: Area Two

Last updated: October, 2021

Plan Langston Boulevard focuses on land use in five potential areas of development, beginning with area one in the west near East Falls Church metro and finishing in the east with area five in North Highlands. In this section, we analyze the fiscal fiscal effects of development in area two, near the Lee Harrison Shopping Center.

Additional Research

Our original policy and research papers along with links to important reports and data sources.