Garfield vs The Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Garfield and The Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

The Hills has the higher population (2,579 vs 2,424 in Garfield). The Hills has the higher median household income ($178,194 vs $71,607 in Garfield). The Hills has the higher median home value ($778,100 vs $64,200 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	The Hills
Population	2,424	2,579
Median age	40.9 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,607	$178,194
Median home value	$64,200	$778,100
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	873	1,161
Homeownership rate	83.8%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	72.5%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	The Hills
Population	2,239 → 2,424 (+8.3%)	2,586 → 2,579 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$58,819 → $71,607 (+21.7%)	$165,179 → $178,194 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$128,400 → $64,200 (-50.0%)	$547,700 → $778,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,293 (+14.1%)	$2,984 → $3,501 (+17.3%)

Garfield

Population

2,2392,424

Median household income

$58,819$71,607

Median home value

$128,400$64,200

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,293

The Hills

Population

2,5862,579

Median household income

$165,179$178,194

Median home value

$547,700$778,100

Median gross rent

$2,984$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	The Hills
Under 5	1.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	24.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	3.9%	6.2%
35 to 44	17.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	21.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	7.7%	18.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	22.8%
75 and over	0.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	The Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	23.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	71.6%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	The Hills
No high school diploma	29.1%	0.3%
High school graduate	28.2%	4.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	The Hills
Drove alone	83.9%	56.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.6%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	36.3%
Other means	5.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	The Hills
1-unit, detached	31.2%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	66.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	The Hills
Poverty rate	8.6%	2.4%
Average household size	3.00	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1990	1996