Garland vs Rowlett

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

Garland and Rowlett 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 64,139 in Rowlett). Rowlett has the higher median household income ($113,600 vs $74,717 in Garland). Rowlett has the higher median home value ($342,400 vs $248,900 in Garland).

Population, income & housing

	Garland	Rowlett
Population	245,298	64,139
Median age	34.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,717	$113,600
Median home value	$248,900	$342,400
Median gross rent	$1,525	$1,964
Housing units	84,954	22,511
Homeownership rate	61.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garland	Rowlett
Population	238,418 → 245,298 (+2.9%)	63,793 → 64,139 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$61,211 → $74,717 (+22.1%)	$101,085 → $113,600 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $248,900 (+54.8%)	$228,800 → $342,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,525 (+34.6%)	$1,627 → $1,964 (+20.7%)

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

Rowlett

Population

63,79364,139

Median household income

$101,085$113,600

Median home value

$228,800$342,400

Median gross rent

$1,627$1,964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garland	Rowlett
Under 5	6.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.6%
75 and over	4.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garland	Rowlett
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	46.7%
Black or African American	15.3%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	11.1%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garland	Rowlett
No high school diploma	20.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	25.5%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garland	Rowlett
Drove alone	73.3%	75.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.2%
Public transit	1.7%	1.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	15.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garland	Rowlett
1-unit, detached	69.4%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	10.3%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Garland	Rowlett
Poverty rate	12.3%	7.2%
Average household size	3.03	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1978	1997