Arlington City Council District 5 includes the portion of the city bounded by Great Southwest Parkway and the city limits on the east, Pioneer Parkway on the south, Bowen Road on the west, and Division Street on the north.

District 5 is home to downtown Arlington, City Hall, the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington Central Library, Arlington High School, Levitt Pavilion, Theater Arlington, The Arlington Museum of Art, Fielder House Museum, Johnnie High's Music Review, and the General Motors plant.