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Garland, TX

238,622 Population
57.1 square miles 4,176.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 34.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,244 ±$782 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $36,368 ±$178
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $32,177 ±$121
$63,192 ±$1,825 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $72,882 ±$399
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $63,826 ±$218

12.1% ±1.2% (28,833  ±2,738) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 11.1% 817,556 (±0.2% / ±12,167)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.2% 3,984,260 (±0.1% / ±39,546)

29.7 minutes ±0.5 (3,271,720  ±89,283) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.4 96,497,835 (±0.1 / ±502,076)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 329,257,250 (±0.1 / ±1,084,687)

Families

75,886 ±1,272 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,615,579 ±5,469
  • Texas: 9,906,070 ±18,881
3.1 ±0.1 (237,921  ±220) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,370,028 (±0 / ±2,201)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,039,855 (±0)

6.4% ±0.8% (3,702  ±447) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 105,149 (±0.2% / ±3,114)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 396,357 (±0.1% / ±6,274)

Housing

79,749 ±1,396 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,821,032 ±912
  • Texas: 11,112,975 ±3,353

$172,600 ±$2,945 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $236,200 ±$1,002
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $187,200 ±$597

11.1% ±1% (26,159  ±2,301.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 15.3% 1,123,061 (±0.2% / ±16,601.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 15.3% 4,311,981 (±0.1% / ±29,217.6)

Social

77.2% ±1.6% (115,891  ±2,832.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 86.2% 4,166,960 (±0.4% / ±17,528.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 84.4% 15,565,117 (±0.2% / ±37,477.2)
23.1% ±1% (34,680  ±1,578.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 36% 1,739,330 (±0.2% / ±10,747.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 30.7% 5,662,178 (±0.1% / ±23,301.1)

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

30.3% ±1% (72,300  ±2,418) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 18.5% 1,376,117 (±0.1% / ±10,732)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 16.8% 4,822,952 (±0.1% / ±26,828)

5% ±0.5% (8,759  ±808) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 6.1% 334,467 (±0.1% / ±5,167)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.8% 1,435,527 (±0.1% / ±11,744)
8,759 Total veterans ±808 7,953 Male ±795 806 Female ±246

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