Grand Prairie vs Richardson

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

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

Grand Prairie has the higher population (198,564 vs 118,269 in Richardson). Richardson has the higher median household income ($96,257 vs $78,889 in Grand Prairie). Richardson has the higher median home value ($405,600 vs $272,200 in Grand Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Prairie	Richardson
Population	198,564	118,269
Median age	33.5 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,889	$96,257
Median home value	$272,200	$405,600
Median gross rent	$1,470	$1,825
Housing units	70,407	47,827
Homeownership rate	57.9%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Prairie	Richardson
Population	192,565 → 198,564 (+3.1%)	116,432 → 118,269 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$67,388 → $78,889 (+17.1%)	$85,678 → $96,257 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $272,200 (+67.6%)	$274,200 → $405,600 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,470 (+34.7%)	$1,403 → $1,825 (+30.1%)

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

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)

	Grand Prairie	Richardson
Under 5	6.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.9%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	13.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.4%
75 and over	3.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Prairie	Richardson
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	49.7%
Black or African American	23.9%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.3%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	47.2%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Prairie	Richardson
No high school diploma	18.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	25.2%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Prairie	Richardson
Drove alone	75.6%	63.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.1%	2.4%
Walked	0.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.2%	23.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Prairie	Richardson
1-unit, detached	62.3%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	10.6%
20 or more units	12.7%	25.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Grand Prairie	Richardson
Poverty rate	12.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1991	1985