Garden Ridge vs Spring Branch

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

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

Garden Ridge has the higher population (4,243 vs 260 in Spring Branch). Garden Ridge has the higher median household income ($157,824 vs $157,694 in Spring Branch). Since 2019, Spring Branch's population has grown faster (+1030.4% vs +7.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Ridge	Spring Branch
Population	4,243	260
Median age	52.1 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$157,824	$157,694
Median home value	$618,100	—
Median gross rent	—	$2,206
Housing units	1,491	111
Homeownership rate	94.5%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Ridge	Spring Branch
Population	3,961 → 4,243 (+7.1%)	23 → 260 (+1030.4%)
Median household income	$137,976 → $157,824 (+14.4%)	$132,929 → $157,694 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$450,800 → $618,100 (+37.1%)	—

Garden Ridge

Population

3,9614,243

Median household income

$137,976$157,824

Median home value

$450,800$618,100

Spring Branch

Population

23260

Median household income

$132,929$157,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Ridge	Spring Branch
Under 5	5.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	8.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	14.6%
25 to 34	5.1%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	7.0%	43.1%
55 to 64	23.5%	4.2%
65 to 74	16.4%	5.0%
75 and over	6.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Ridge	Spring Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	93.8%
Black or African American	15.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Ridge	Spring Branch
No high school diploma	1.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	13.3%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Ridge	Spring Branch
Drove alone	71.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	11.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	4.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Ridge	Spring Branch
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	0.0%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Garden Ridge	Spring Branch
Poverty rate	0.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.90	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	79
Median year structure built	2000	1949