Garland vs Texarkana

A side-by-side comparison of Garland and Texarkana: population, income, housing, and more.

Garland and Texarkana are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Texarkana has the higher population (29,343 vs 300 in Garland). Texarkana has the higher median household income ($47,930 vs $31,304 in Garland). Texarkana has the higher median home value ($162,700 vs $37,100 in Garland).

Population, income & housing

	Garland	Texarkana
Population	300	29,343
Median age	32.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,304	$47,930
Median home value	$37,100	$162,700
Median gross rent	$476	$893
Housing units	191	13,738
Homeownership rate	47.0%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garland	Texarkana
Population	351 → 300 (-14.5%)	29,901 → 29,343 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$38,542 → $31,304 (-18.8%)	$39,622 → $47,930 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$33,800 → $37,100 (+9.8%)	$119,700 → $162,700 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$431 → $476 (+10.4%)	$739 → $893 (+20.8%)

Garland

Population

351300

Median household income

$38,542$31,304

Median home value

$33,800$37,100

Median gross rent

$431$476

Texarkana

Population

29,90129,343

Median household income

$39,622$47,930

Median home value

$119,700$162,700

Median gross rent

$739$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garland	Texarkana
Under 5	7.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	1.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	18.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.1%
75 and over	10.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garland	Texarkana
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	55.9%
Black or African American	42.3%	35.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garland	Texarkana
No high school diploma	40.5%	12.1%
High school graduate	49.2%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	9.2%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garland	Texarkana
Drove alone	76.4%	81.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	19.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garland	Texarkana
1-unit, detached	86.9%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Garland	Texarkana
Poverty rate	39.0%	22.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1975	1978