Garland vs Irving

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

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

Irving has the higher population (255,036 vs 245,298 in Garland). Irving has the higher median household income ($79,641 vs $74,717 in Garland). Irving has the higher median home value ($287,300 vs $248,900 in Garland).

Population, income & housing

	Garland	Irving
Population	245,298	255,036
Median age	34.7 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,717	$79,641
Median home value	$248,900	$287,300
Median gross rent	$1,525	$1,517
Housing units	84,954	101,312
Homeownership rate	61.6%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garland	Irving
Population	238,418 → 245,298 (+2.9%)	239,783 → 255,036 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$61,211 → $74,717 (+22.1%)	$64,868 → $79,641 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $248,900 (+54.8%)	$177,500 → $287,300 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,525 (+34.6%)	$1,146 → $1,517 (+32.4%)

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

Irving

Population

239,783255,036

Median household income

$64,868$79,641

Median home value

$177,500$287,300

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,517

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garland	Irving
Under 5	6.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	19.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	5.7%
75 and over	4.5%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garland	Irving
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	18.6%
Black or African American	15.3%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	11.1%	22.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	43.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garland	Irving
No high school diploma	20.6%	19.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garland	Irving
Drove alone	73.3%	68.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	10.2%
Public transit	1.7%	1.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.6%	17.3%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garland	Irving
1-unit, detached	69.4%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	25.0%
20 or more units	10.3%	23.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Garland	Irving
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.0%
Average household size	3.03	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1978	1986