Garwood vs Rock Island

A side-by-side comparison of Garwood and Rock Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garwood has the higher population (415 vs 371 in Rock Island). Garwood has the higher median household income ($46,875 vs $38,409 in Rock Island). Since 2019, Garwood's population has grown faster (+4.5% vs -17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Garwood	Rock Island
Population	415	371
Median age	28.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$38,409
Median home value	$243,300	—
Housing units	190	252
Homeownership rate	55.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	27.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garwood	Rock Island
Population	397 → 415 (+4.5%)	447 → 371 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$33,929 → $46,875 (+38.2%)	$42,422 → $38,409 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $243,300 (+49.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$607 → $785 (+29.3%)	—

Garwood

Population

397415

Median household income

$33,929$46,875

Median home value

$162,500$243,300

Median gross rent

$607$785

Rock Island

Population

447371

Median household income

$42,422$38,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garwood	Rock Island
Under 5	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 17	38.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	24.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	18.3%	21.8%
45 to 54	1.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	7.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.1%
75 and over	0.0%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garwood	Rock Island
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	35.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garwood	Rock Island
No high school diploma	25.9%	10.6%
High school graduate	26.3%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garwood	Rock Island
Drove alone	89.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garwood	Rock Island
1-unit, detached	66.8%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.2%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Garwood	Rock Island
Poverty rate	29.6%	22.6%
Average household size	2.96	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	85
Median year structure built	1991	1960