Central Gardens vs China

A side-by-side comparison of Central Gardens and China: population, income, housing, and more.

Central Gardens and China are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Central Gardens has the higher population (3,491 vs 892 in China). Central Gardens has the higher median household income ($81,042 vs $56,429 in China). Central Gardens has the higher median home value ($233,200 vs $196,700 in China).

Population, income & housing

	Central Gardens	China
Population	3,491	892
Median age	45.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,042	$56,429
Median home value	$233,200	$196,700
Median gross rent	$798	$1,019
Housing units	1,827	521
Homeownership rate	81.5%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Gardens	China
Population	4,207 → 3,491 (-17.0%)	990 → 892 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$77,791 → $81,042 (+4.2%)	$46,397 → $56,429 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $233,200 (+2.1%)	$105,900 → $196,700 (+85.7%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $798 (-12.4%)	$1,036 → $1,019 (-1.6%)

Central Gardens

Population

4,2073,491

Median household income

$77,791$81,042

Median home value

$228,500$233,200

Median gross rent

$911$798

China

Population

990892

Median household income

$46,397$56,429

Median home value

$105,900$196,700

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central Gardens	China
Under 5	8.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.3%	22.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	16.5%
75 and over	9.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Gardens	China
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	54.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	22.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Gardens	China
No high school diploma	4.9%	18.1%
High school graduate	29.3%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Gardens	China
Drove alone	88.8%	94.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Gardens	China
1-unit, detached	82.1%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Central Gardens	China
Poverty rate	8.5%	11.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1980	1978