City in Texas
Garland, TX
City in Dallas County, Texas, United States.
- Population
- 250,431 (2024)
- Density
- 4,405 / sq mi
- Land area
- 56.9 sq mi
- Water area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 551 ft
- Founded
- 1891
- Coordinates
- 32.9098, -96.6303
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Trends
$1,133 / mo$1,525 / mo
$61,211$74,717
$160,800$248,900
13.2%12.3%
5.2%4.9%
4653
611
Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.
How Garland ranks
- #18 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 82.2
- #32 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 69.0
- #60 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 45.0
- #60 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 45.5
- #62 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 37.5
- #66 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 33.7
- #75 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 32.5
- #91 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 18.7
Local facts
- Median household income
- $74,717
- Median rent
- $1,525 / mo
- Median home value
- $248,900
- Median age
- 34.7
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 25.0%
- Poverty rate
- 12.3%
- Renter-occupied homes
- 38.4%
Public schools
Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.
- Public schools
- 70
- Students enrolled
- 43,332
- Students per teacher
- 15.3 : 1
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 76.4%
- Charter schools
- 10.0%
- School districts serving the city
- 7
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Districts: Garland Isd, International Leadership Of Texas (Iltexas), Harmony Public Schools - North Texas, Richardson Isd, Texans Can Academies
Health & wellbeing
CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.
- Adults with obesity
- 34.7%
- No leisure-time physical activity
- 32.4%
- Adults with diabetes
- 12.5%
- Adults who smoke
- 13.2%
- Frequent mental distress
- 17.4%
- Sleeping under 7 hours
- 35.6%
- Adults without health insurance
- 23.2%
- Routine checkup in past year
- 74.5%
Parks, air & walkability
- Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
- 62.6%
- Share of city that is parkland
- 8.3%
- EPA walkability index (1-20)
- 12.1
- Median air quality index (county)
- 53
- Unhealthy air days (county)
- 11
Internet & commuting
- Households with broadband
- 94.0%
- Households with no internet
- 4.6%
- Average commute
- 30.1 min
- Work from home
- 11.6%
- Commute by transit
- 1.7%
- Commute on foot
- 0.7%
- Commute by bike
- 0.1%
Natural hazard risk
FEMA rates Dallas County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 7 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.
- Hail: very high
- Heat wave: very high
- Cold wave: very high
- Tornado: very high
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata
ZIP codes
- 75040
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