Canyon Lake vs Garden Ridge

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

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

Canyon Lake has the higher population (32,924 vs 4,243 in Garden Ridge). Garden Ridge has the higher median household income ($157,824 vs $93,114 in Canyon Lake). Garden Ridge has the higher median home value ($618,100 vs $337,200 in Canyon Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon Lake	Garden Ridge
Population	32,924	4,243
Median age	47.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,114	$157,824
Median home value	$337,200	$618,100
Median gross rent	$1,242	—
Housing units	15,737	1,491
Homeownership rate	87.1%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon Lake	Garden Ridge
Population	25,325 → 32,924 (+30.0%)	3,961 → 4,243 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$74,401 → $93,114 (+25.2%)	$137,976 → $157,824 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$247,700 → $337,200 (+36.1%)	$450,800 → $618,100 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,060 → $1,242 (+17.2%)	—

Canyon Lake

Population

25,32532,924

Median household income

$74,401$93,114

Median home value

$247,700$337,200

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,242

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)

	Canyon Lake	Garden Ridge
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	5.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	17.9%	23.5%
65 to 74	15.8%	16.4%
75 and over	7.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon Lake	Garden Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	54.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon Lake	Garden Ridge
No high school diploma	5.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	24.2%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon Lake	Garden Ridge
Drove alone	69.2%	71.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	21.5%
Other means	1.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon Lake	Garden Ridge
1-unit, detached	74.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canyon Lake	Garden Ridge
Poverty rate	7.4%	0.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	40	33
Median year structure built	1999	2000