Texas

Distance from Carrollton to Garland

Straight-line distance

16.6mi

Carrollton, TX and Garland, TX are 16.6 miles (26.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Carrollton, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (109°).

kilometers
26.7
nautical miles
14.4
heading from Carrollton
109° ESE
heading from Garland
289° WNW
CarrolltonGarland

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Carrollton is from Garland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Carrollton and Garland is 16.6 miles, 26.7 km or 14.4 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 16.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
16.6
Kilometers
26.7
Nautical miles
14.4
Bearing from Carrollton
109.3° ESE
Bearing arriving at Garland
109.5°
Bearing from Garland
289.5° WNW

Halfway between Carrollton and Garland

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.949672, -96.765039 (32°56'58.82"N 96°45'54.14"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Richardson, TX, with 118,221 residents, 3.7 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Carrollton gets 14 h 20 min of daylight and Garland 14 h 20 min; on December 21, 9 h 58 min and 9 h 59 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Garland has 1.8 times the population of Carrollton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Carrollton changed by +1.4% and Garland by +1.6%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Carrollton, TX135,456 (+1.4%)
  2. 02Garland, TX250,431 (+1.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Carrollton from Garland?

16.6 miles, 26.7 km or 14.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Garland from Carrollton?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Carrollton on a bearing of 109.3° and arrives at Garland on 109.5°. The return trip starts on 289.5°.

What is halfway between Carrollton and Garland?

The midpoint is at 32.949672, -96.765039. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Richardson, TX, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Carrollton and Garland?

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Carrollton or Garland?

Garland, with 250,431 residents in July 2024 against 135,456 for Carrollton, 1.8 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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