Garland vs Richardson

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

Garland and Richardson 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 118,269 in Richardson). Richardson has the higher median household income ($96,257 vs $74,717 in Garland). Richardson has the higher median home value ($405,600 vs $248,900 in Garland).

Population, income & housing

	Garland	Richardson
Population	245,298	118,269
Median age	34.7 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,717	$96,257
Median home value	$248,900	$405,600
Median gross rent	$1,525	$1,825
Housing units	84,954	47,827
Homeownership rate	61.6%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garland	Richardson
Population	238,418 → 245,298 (+2.9%)	116,432 → 118,269 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$61,211 → $74,717 (+22.1%)	$85,678 → $96,257 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $248,900 (+54.8%)	$274,200 → $405,600 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,525 (+34.6%)	$1,403 → $1,825 (+30.1%)

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

Richardson

Population

116,432118,269

Median household income

$85,678$96,257

Median home value

$274,200$405,600

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garland	Richardson
Under 5	6.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	13.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.4%
75 and over	4.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garland	Richardson
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	49.7%
Black or African American	15.3%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	11.1%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garland	Richardson
No high school diploma	20.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	25.5%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garland	Richardson
Drove alone	73.3%	63.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	6.6%
Public transit	1.7%	2.4%
Walked	0.6%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.6%	23.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garland	Richardson
1-unit, detached	69.4%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	10.6%
20 or more units	10.3%	25.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Garland	Richardson
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.1%
Average household size	3.03	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1978	1985