Garland vs Mesquite

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

Garland and Mesquite 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 148,848 in Mesquite). Garland has the higher median household income ($74,717 vs $71,843 in Mesquite). Garland has the higher median home value ($248,900 vs $226,500 in Mesquite).

Population, income & housing

	Garland	Mesquite
Population	245,298	148,848
Median age	34.7 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,717	$71,843
Median home value	$248,900	$226,500
Median gross rent	$1,525	$1,407
Housing units	84,954	53,968
Homeownership rate	61.6%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garland	Mesquite
Population	238,418 → 245,298 (+2.9%)	143,456 → 148,848 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$61,211 → $74,717 (+22.1%)	$57,824 → $71,843 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $248,900 (+54.8%)	$143,000 → $226,500 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,525 (+34.6%)	$1,104 → $1,407 (+27.4%)

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

Mesquite

Population

143,456148,848

Median household income

$57,824$71,843

Median home value

$143,000$226,500

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,407

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garland	Mesquite
Under 5	6.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	20.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.4%
75 and over	4.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garland	Mesquite
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	24.3%
Black or African American	15.3%	24.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	11.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	44.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garland	Mesquite
No high school diploma	20.6%	19.1%
High school graduate	25.5%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garland	Mesquite
Drove alone	73.3%	74.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	15.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garland	Mesquite
1-unit, detached	69.4%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	12.5%
20 or more units	10.3%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Garland	Mesquite
Poverty rate	12.3%	12.4%
Average household size	3.03	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1978	1983