Bulverde vs Garden Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Bulverde and Garden Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Bulverde and Garden Ridge are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bulverde has the higher population (6,164 vs 4,243 in Garden Ridge). Garden Ridge has the higher median household income ($157,824 vs $108,413 in Bulverde). Garden Ridge has the higher median home value ($618,100 vs $380,100 in Bulverde).

Population, income & housing

	Bulverde	Garden Ridge
Population	6,164	4,243
Median age	53.9 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,413	$157,824
Median home value	$380,100	$618,100
Median gross rent	$1,451	—
Housing units	2,550	1,491
Homeownership rate	92.8%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.7%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bulverde	Garden Ridge
Population	5,162 → 6,164 (+19.4%)	3,961 → 4,243 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$93,534 → $108,413 (+15.9%)	$137,976 → $157,824 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$308,300 → $380,100 (+23.3%)	$450,800 → $618,100 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,451 (+31.4%)	—

Bulverde

Population

5,1626,164

Median household income

$93,534$108,413

Median home value

$308,300$380,100

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,451

Garden Ridge

Population

3,9614,243

Median household income

$137,976$157,824

Median home value

$450,800$618,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bulverde	Garden Ridge
Under 5	1.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	5.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	7.0%
55 to 64	19.2%	23.5%
65 to 74	17.4%	16.4%
75 and over	12.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bulverde	Garden Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	54.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bulverde	Garden Ridge
No high school diploma	3.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	22.3%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bulverde	Garden Ridge
Drove alone	70.1%	71.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	21.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bulverde	Garden Ridge
1-unit, detached	92.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bulverde	Garden Ridge
Poverty rate	5.2%	0.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1995	2000