Garland vs Mason

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

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

Mason has the higher population (1,126 vs 472 in Garland). Garland has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $47,143 in Mason). Garland has the higher median home value ($214,400 vs $129,900 in Mason).

Population, income & housing

	Garland	Mason
Population	472	1,126
Median age	31.9 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$47,143
Median home value	$214,400	$129,900
Median gross rent	$846	$1,202
Housing units	177	363
Homeownership rate	78.6%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garland	Mason
Population	316 → 472 (+49.4%)	1,242 → 1,126 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$72,656 → $74,375 (+2.4%)	$36,563 → $47,143 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$136,100 → $214,400 (+57.5%)	$89,100 → $129,900 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $846 (+33.4%)	$763 → $1,202 (+57.5%)

Garland

Population

316472

Median household income

$72,656$74,375

Median home value

$136,100$214,400

Median gross rent

$634$846

Mason

Population

1,2421,126

Median household income

$36,563$47,143

Median home value

$89,100$129,900

Median gross rent

$763$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garland	Mason
Under 5	7.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	24.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	15.5%
25 to 34	17.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	17.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.0%
75 and over	6.4%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garland	Mason
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	17.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	77.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garland	Mason
No high school diploma	6.3%	15.0%
High school graduate	43.6%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garland	Mason
Drove alone	79.6%	91.7%
Carpooled	14.5%	4.6%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garland	Mason
1-unit, detached	93.2%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Garland	Mason
Poverty rate	5.9%	25.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1985	1994