Garland, Texas, a suburb of the growing Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is home to more than two hundred thousand Dallas county residents. Garland is a prosperous, upscale community at the heart of the cultural and economic center of North Texas. While maintaining something of the sense of a smaller, more intimate community, Garland happily exists in the orbit of its larger neighbors.
In Garland, Texas sixty-three percent of those employed hold white collar jobs with blue collar jobs in Garland, Texas standing at twenty-five percent. The remaining twelve percent of jobs in Garland, Texas are in service or other industries.
The total working population in Garland, Texas is approximately one hundred and twenty six thousand with a listed unemployment rate of only five percent. Thirty-two percent of the residents in Garland, Texas make more than seventy-five thousand dollars a year with only seven percent pulling in an annual income of fifteen thousand dollars or less.
Sixty-two percent of the population in Garland, Texas describes itself as Caucasian with twelve percent African-American and thirty-three percent Hispanic. There are forty-four elementary schools in Garland, Texas, thirteen middle schools, and eight high schools. The area enjoys an excellent academic reputation and Garland area students are well-served by these facilities.
A Garland, Texas map of major employers would show facilities for Raytheon, the Garland Independent School District, three Wal-Mart Super Centers, Sears Logistic Services, Baylor Medical Center Garland, General Dynamics Ordinance, and Kraft Foods. In addition, many Garland residents commute into Dallas and some even into Fort Worth to their places of employment. With an excellent highway system in the Metroplex and the presence of the DART light rail system, such a commute need not be an ordeal.
The largest item on a recreational Garland, Texas map would be Lake Ray Hubbard where camping, boating, and water sports are enjoyed by residents and visitors alike. There are sixty-nine city parks in Garland, Texas covering some two thousand two hundred and eighteen acres. In addition there are also two country clubs and a municipal golf course.
Beyond the facilities housed in Garland proper, residents have access to all the entertainment and cultural amenities of both Dallas and Fort Worth. Each major city is home to multiple museums, major performance halls (the Bass Hall in Fort Worth and the Myerson in Dallas), restaurants representing all cuisines and prices ranges, and scores of theaters, movie houses, night clubs, bars, and other live entertainment venues.
Like many suburban communities lying in the orbit of major metropolitan areas, Garland, Texas has managed to maintain something of the feel of a smaller, more intimate community while living within easy access to thoroughly modern and upscale urban centers. The advantages of this location to the residents of Garland cannot be exaggerated as the thriving local economy and high employment rate of Garland citizens clearly illustrates.