Eagle Lake vs Garwood

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle Lake and Garwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Eagle Lake and Garwood are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eagle Lake has the higher population (3,464 vs 415 in Garwood). Eagle Lake has the higher median household income ($71,684 vs $46,875 in Garwood). Garwood has the higher median home value ($243,300 vs $110,700 in Eagle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Lake	Garwood
Population	3,464	415
Median age	31.6 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,684	$46,875
Median home value	$110,700	$243,300
Median gross rent	$1,106	—
Housing units	1,312	190
Homeownership rate	84.8%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Lake	Garwood
Population	3,739 → 3,464 (-7.4%)	397 → 415 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$44,500 → $71,684 (+61.1%)	$33,929 → $46,875 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$63,600 → $110,700 (+74.1%)	$162,500 → $243,300 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $1,106 (+45.9%)	$607 → $785 (+29.3%)

Eagle Lake

Population

3,7393,464

Median household income

$44,500$71,684

Median home value

$63,600$110,700

Median gross rent

$758$1,106

Garwood

Population

397415

Median household income

$33,929$46,875

Median home value

$162,500$243,300

Median gross rent

$607$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Lake	Garwood
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	38.6%
18 to 24	14.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	24.8%
35 to 44	7.8%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	1.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.0%
75 and over	5.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Lake	Garwood
White (non-Hispanic)	20.8%	64.1%
Black or African American	15.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	63.1%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Lake	Garwood
No high school diploma	15.5%	25.9%
High school graduate	34.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Lake	Garwood
Drove alone	78.6%	89.9%
Carpooled	14.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Lake	Garwood
1-unit, detached	80.3%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Lake	Garwood
Poverty rate	11.2%	29.6%
Average household size	3.33	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1968	1991