Central Gardens vs Groves

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

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

Groves has the higher population (17,021 vs 3,491 in Central Gardens). Central Gardens has the higher median household income ($81,042 vs $70,485 in Groves). Central Gardens has the higher median home value ($233,200 vs $153,800 in Groves).

Population, income & housing

	Central Gardens	Groves
Population	3,491	17,021
Median age	45.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,042	$70,485
Median home value	$233,200	$153,800
Median gross rent	$798	$1,247
Housing units	1,827	6,885
Homeownership rate	81.5%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Gardens	Groves
Population	4,207 → 3,491 (-17.0%)	15,662 → 17,021 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$77,791 → $81,042 (+4.2%)	$55,652 → $70,485 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $233,200 (+2.1%)	$112,900 → $153,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $798 (-12.4%)	$970 → $1,247 (+28.6%)

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

Groves

Population

15,66217,021

Median household income

$55,652$70,485

Median home value

$112,900$153,800

Median gross rent

$970$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central Gardens	Groves
Under 5	8.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	11.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.7%
75 and over	9.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Gardens	Groves
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	52.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	30.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Gardens	Groves
No high school diploma	4.9%	13.5%
High school graduate	29.3%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Gardens	Groves
Drove alone	88.8%	80.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Gardens	Groves
1-unit, detached	82.1%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Central Gardens	Groves
Poverty rate	8.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1980	1966