Texas

Distance from Carrollton to Grand Prairie

Straight-line distance

22.1mi

Carrollton, TX and Grand Prairie, TX are 22.1 miles (35.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Carrollton, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (199°).

kilometers
35.6
nautical miles
19.2
heading from Carrollton
199° SSW
heading from Grand Prairie
18° NNE
CarrolltonGrand Prairie

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

How far Carrollton is from Grand Prairie

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Carrollton and Grand Prairie is 22.1 miles, 35.6 km or 19.2 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 22.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
22.1
Kilometers
35.6
Nautical miles
19.2
Bearing from Carrollton
198.5° SSW
Bearing arriving at Grand Prairie
198.5°
Bearing from Grand Prairie
18.5° NNE

Halfway between Carrollton and Grand Prairie

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.837765, -96.960453 (32°50'15.95"N 96°57'37.63"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Irving, TX, with 258,060 residents, 1.5 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 Grand Prairie 14 h 18 min; on December 21, 9 h 58 min and 10 h 00 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Grand Prairie has 1.5 times the population of Carrollton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Carrollton changed by +1.4% and Grand Prairie by +5.7%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Carrollton, TX135,456 (+1.4%)
  2. 02Grand Prairie, TX207,331 (+5.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Carrollton from Grand Prairie?

22.1 miles, 35.6 km or 19.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Grand Prairie from Carrollton?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Carrollton on a bearing of 198.5° and arrives at Grand Prairie on 198.5°. The return trip starts on 18.5°.

What is halfway between Carrollton and Grand Prairie?

The midpoint is at 32.837765, -96.960453. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Irving, TX, 1.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Carrollton and Grand Prairie?

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

Which is bigger, Carrollton or Grand Prairie?

Grand Prairie, with 207,331 residents in July 2024 against 135,456 for Carrollton, 1.5 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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