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Garland, TX

243,536 Population
56.9 square miles 4,283.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,253 ±$2,264 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $45,033 ±$492
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$71,729 ±$3,332 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $86,860 ±$1,138
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

13.1% ±2.7% (31,799  ±6,534) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.3% 820,098 (±0.4% / ±31,468)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

31 minutes ±1.3 (3,284,300  ±218,120) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.4 99,046,890 (±0.2 / ±1,107,854)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)

Families

80,786 ±2,957 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,959,385 ±9,165
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
3 ±0.1 (242,671  ±393) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 8,004,502 (±0 / ±3,409)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,898,096 (±49.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.3% ±1.9% (3,107  ±1,091) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.3% 109,054 (±0.3% / ±6,688)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

85,518 ±3,103 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,172,287 ±1,325
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$280,900 ±$10,320 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $373,900 ±$2,489
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

9% ±1.9% (21,730  ±4,626) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14.2% 1,135,146 (±0.4% / ±35,145.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

77.6% ±3.6% (120,247  ±6,999.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.8% 4,695,809 (±0.7% / ±38,980.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
24.9% ±2.3% (38,529  ±3,830.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 40% 2,137,149 (±0.5% / ±25,753.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

34.4% ±2.8% (83,728  ±6,915) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 20% † 1,620,718 (±1,372.3% / ±31,201)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 17.9% † 5,455,292 (±,325.7% / ±65,136)

4.2% ±0.9% (7,398  ±1,597) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.3% 323,475 (±0.2% / ±10,473)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
7,398 Total veterans ±1,597 6,819 Male ±1,521 579 Female ±488

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