Garland vs Plain View

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

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

Plain View has the higher population (1,647 vs 914 in Garland). Plain View has the higher median household income ($75,058 vs $58,938 in Garland). Plain View has the higher median home value ($205,700 vs $113,400 in Garland).

Population, income & housing

	Garland	Plain View
Population	914	1,647
Median age	22.3 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,938	$75,058
Median home value	$113,400	$205,700
Median gross rent	$894	$850
Housing units	362	783
Homeownership rate	58.4%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garland	Plain View
Population	905 → 914 (+1.0%)	1,853 → 1,647 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$30,750 → $58,938 (+91.7%)	$58,663 → $75,058 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $113,400 (+48.2%)	$152,300 → $205,700 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $894 (+52.3%)	$525 → $850 (+61.9%)

Garland

Population

905914

Median household income

$30,750$58,938

Median home value

$76,500$113,400

Median gross rent

$587$894

Plain View

Population

1,8531,647

Median household income

$58,663$75,058

Median home value

$152,300$205,700

Median gross rent

$525$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garland	Plain View
Under 5	14.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	10.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	31.7%	13.7%
25 to 34	6.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	5.8%	7.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	6.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.1%
75 and over	2.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garland	Plain View
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	80.4%
Black or African American	58.6%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garland	Plain View
No high school diploma	11.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	30.3%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garland	Plain View
Drove alone	89.1%	77.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garland	Plain View
1-unit, detached	66.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Garland	Plain View
Poverty rate	28.4%	10.3%
Average household size	3.10	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1976	1995