Cushing vs Garrison

A side-by-side comparison of Cushing and Garrison: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garrison has the higher population (1,001 vs 646 in Cushing). Cushing has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $39,167 in Garrison). Cushing has the higher median home value ($120,500 vs $78,700 in Garrison).

Population, income & housing

	Cushing	Garrison
Population	646	1,001
Median age	41.2 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$39,167
Median home value	$120,500	$78,700
Median gross rent	$1,100	$779
Housing units	344	550
Homeownership rate	83.0%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cushing	Garrison
Population	465 → 646 (+38.9%)	1,266 → 1,001 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $75,000 (+87.5%)	$39,000 → $39,167 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$62,100 → $120,500 (+94.0%)	$87,800 → $78,700 (-10.4%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $1,100 (+64.9%)	$752 → $779 (+3.6%)

Cushing

Population

465646

Median household income

$40,000$75,000

Median home value

$62,100$120,500

Median gross rent

$667$1,100

Garrison

Population

1,2661,001

Median household income

$39,000$39,167

Median home value

$87,800$78,700

Median gross rent

$752$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cushing	Garrison
Under 5	3.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	24.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	20.4%
55 to 64	7.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.5%
75 and over	13.6%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cushing	Garrison
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	61.8%
Black or African American	3.6%	28.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cushing	Garrison
No high school diploma	8.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	44.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cushing	Garrison
Drove alone	90.4%	79.7%
Carpooled	2.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	6.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cushing	Garrison
1-unit, detached	62.5%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.2%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Cushing	Garrison
Poverty rate	19.1%	20.2%
Average household size	2.20	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1983	1979