Garland is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 614 people and two associated neighborhoods, Garland is the 464th largest community in North Carolina.Garland is a blue-collar town, with 39.74% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Garland is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Garland who work in healthcare suport services (21.47%), law enforcement and fire fighting (9.94%), and management occupations (5.45%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Garland has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Garland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Garland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Garland may be for you. Garland is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In Garland, just 7.85% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Garland in 2022 was $20,812, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,248 for a family of four. However, Garland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Garland is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Garland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Garland, accounting for 40.34% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Garland residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Garland include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Garland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
