Garden Ridge vs New Braunfels

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

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

New Braunfels has the higher population (98,700 vs 4,243 in Garden Ridge). Garden Ridge has the higher median household income ($157,824 vs $88,257 in New Braunfels). Garden Ridge has the higher median home value ($618,100 vs $315,100 in New Braunfels).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Ridge	New Braunfels
Population	4,243	98,700
Median age	52.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$157,824	$88,257
Median home value	$618,100	$315,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,536
Housing units	1,491	41,814
Homeownership rate	94.5%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Ridge	New Braunfels
Population	3,961 → 4,243 (+7.1%)	79,438 → 98,700 (+24.2%)
Median household income	$137,976 → $157,824 (+14.4%)	$71,044 → $88,257 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$450,800 → $618,100 (+37.1%)	$219,200 → $315,100 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,183 → $1,536 (+29.8%)

Garden Ridge

Population

3,9614,243

Median household income

$137,976$157,824

Median home value

$450,800$618,100

New Braunfels

Population

79,43898,700

Median household income

$71,044$88,257

Median home value

$219,200$315,100

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Ridge	New Braunfels
Under 5	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	5.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	7.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	23.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	16.4%	7.9%
75 and over	6.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Ridge	New Braunfels
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	60.2%
Black or African American	15.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Ridge	New Braunfels
No high school diploma	1.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	13.3%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Ridge	New Braunfels
Drove alone	71.3%	73.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	21.5%	14.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Ridge	New Braunfels
1-unit, detached	100.0%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Garden Ridge	New Braunfels
Poverty rate	0.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.90	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	2000	2005