Two Baltimore Metro Subway stations, Rogers Avenue and West Coldspring are located in the area.

[1] Prior to the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, racial covenants were used in Baltimore to exclude African-Americans, Jews, and other minorities.

A 1920 Baltimore Sun advertisement offered housing in West Arlington only for a "recommended Gentile family".

[2] Arlington, along nearby Pikesville, is home to a large Russian-American population.

[3] As of the late 1990s, Arlington was home to a population of 6,000 Russian-speaking Jews from Russia, Ukraine, and elsewhere in Eastern Europe.