Grand Prairie vs Rowlett

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

Grand Prairie and Rowlett 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 64,139 in Rowlett). Rowlett has the higher median household income ($113,600 vs $78,889 in Grand Prairie). Rowlett has the higher median home value ($342,400 vs $272,200 in Grand Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Prairie	Rowlett
Population	198,564	64,139
Median age	33.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,889	$113,600
Median home value	$272,200	$342,400
Median gross rent	$1,470	$1,964
Housing units	70,407	22,511
Homeownership rate	57.9%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Prairie	Rowlett
Population	192,565 → 198,564 (+3.1%)	63,793 → 64,139 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$67,388 → $78,889 (+17.1%)	$101,085 → $113,600 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $272,200 (+67.6%)	$228,800 → $342,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,470 (+34.7%)	$1,627 → $1,964 (+20.7%)

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

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)

	Grand Prairie	Rowlett
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.6%
75 and over	3.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Prairie	Rowlett
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	46.7%
Black or African American	23.9%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	47.2%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Prairie	Rowlett
No high school diploma	18.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Prairie	Rowlett
Drove alone	75.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.1%	1.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	15.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Prairie	Rowlett
1-unit, detached	62.3%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	12.7%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Grand Prairie	Rowlett
Poverty rate	12.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.96	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1991	1997