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Garland, TX

239,539 Population
57.1 square miles 4,198.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,947 ±$1,660 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $36,274 ±$389
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $32,267 ±$223
$62,556 ±$3,585 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $72,265 ±$610
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $64,034 ±$500

12.7% ±2.7% (30,228  ±6,446) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.5% 782,288 (±0.4% / ±31,373)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.6% 3,865,010 (±0.3% / ±70,183)

29.1 minutes ±0.6 (3,219,170  ±83,929) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.3 95,392,380 (±0.1 / ±416,048)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.4 322,657,055 (±0.1 / ±882,432)

Families

72,410 ±2,978 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,635,017 ±10,740
  • Texas: 9,985,126 ±25,440
3.3 ±0.1 (238,829  ±402) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,489,445 (±0 / ±6,565)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,395,188 (±0)

5.5% ±1.9% (3,144  ±1,078) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 103,531 (±0.3% / ±6,223)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.5% 390,925 (±0.2% / ±12,308)

Housing

76,812 ±2,905 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,878,819 ±2,314
  • Texas: 11,283,892 ±954

$190,200 ±$8,398 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $253,900 ±$2,512
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $200,400 ±$1,201

9% ±1.5% (21,178  ±3,481.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14.7% 1,096,909 (±0.5% / ±35,160.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 15% 4,294,700 (±0.2% / ±64,565.9)

Social

77.3% ±3.4% (113,552  ±6,621.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 86.6% 4,270,431 (±0.7% / ±35,528.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 84.7% 15,890,162 (±0.4% / ±75,187)
20.7% ±1.8% (30,458  ±2,830.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 36.3% 1,788,138 (±0.4% / ±21,938)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 30.8% 5,776,533 (±0.2% / ±42,322.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

29.3% ±2.2% (70,153  ±5,204) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19.2% 1,454,626 (±0.4% / ±26,848)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,951,156 (±0.2% / ±53,285)

5% ±1% (8,448  ±1,674) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.8% 325,634 (±0.2% / ±9,412)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,405,059 (±0.1% / ±15,978)
8,448 Total veterans ±1,674 7,533 Male ±1,567 915 Female ±456

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