Clinton vs Garland

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

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

Clinton has the higher population (8,336 vs 914 in Garland). Garland has the higher median household income ($58,938 vs $42,344 in Clinton). Clinton has the higher median home value ($185,600 vs $113,400 in Garland).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Garland
Population	8,336	914
Median age	39.9 yrs	22.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,344	$58,938
Median home value	$185,600	$113,400
Median gross rent	$754	$894
Housing units	3,417	362
Homeownership rate	46.4%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Garland
Population	8,504 → 8,336 (-2.0%)	905 → 914 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$32,359 → $42,344 (+30.9%)	$30,750 → $58,938 (+91.7%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $185,600 (+51.3%)	$76,500 → $113,400 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $754 (+13.6%)	$587 → $894 (+52.3%)

Clinton

Population

8,5048,336

Median household income

$32,359$42,344

Median home value

$122,700$185,600

Median gross rent

$664$754

Garland

Population

905914

Median household income

$30,750$58,938

Median home value

$76,500$113,400

Median gross rent

$587$894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Garland
Under 5	6.5%	14.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	31.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	5.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	6.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.6%
75 and over	10.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Garland
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	31.5%
Black or African American	40.7%	58.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Garland
No high school diploma	17.2%	11.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Garland
Drove alone	76.9%	89.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Garland
1-unit, detached	67.4%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.5%
20 or more units	15.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	31.5%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Garland
Poverty rate	23.6%	28.4%
Average household size	2.56	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1975	1976