Garland vs Grand Prairie

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

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

Garland has the higher population (245,298 vs 198,564 in Grand Prairie). Grand Prairie has the higher median household income ($78,889 vs $74,717 in Garland). Grand Prairie has the higher median home value ($272,200 vs $248,900 in Garland).

Population, income & housing

	Garland	Grand Prairie
Population	245,298	198,564
Median age	34.7 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,717	$78,889
Median home value	$248,900	$272,200
Median gross rent	$1,525	$1,470
Housing units	84,954	70,407
Homeownership rate	61.6%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garland	Grand Prairie
Population	238,418 → 245,298 (+2.9%)	192,565 → 198,564 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$61,211 → $74,717 (+22.1%)	$67,388 → $78,889 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $248,900 (+54.8%)	$162,400 → $272,200 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,525 (+34.6%)	$1,091 → $1,470 (+34.7%)

Garland

Population

238,418245,298

Median household income

$61,211$74,717

Median home value

$160,800$248,900

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,525

Grand Prairie

Population

192,565198,564

Median household income

$67,388$78,889

Median home value

$162,400$272,200

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,470

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garland	Grand Prairie
Under 5	6.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	21.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.2%
75 and over	4.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garland	Grand Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	20.1%
Black or African American	15.3%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	11.1%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	47.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garland	Grand Prairie
No high school diploma	20.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	25.5%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garland	Grand Prairie
Drove alone	73.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	11.3%	11.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	11.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garland	Grand Prairie
1-unit, detached	69.4%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	12.1%
20 or more units	10.3%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Garland	Grand Prairie
Poverty rate	12.3%	12.0%
Average household size	3.03	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1978	1991