Central Gardens vs Hamshire

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

Central Gardens and Hamshire 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 1,460 in Hamshire). Hamshire has the higher median household income ($115,125 vs $81,042 in Central Gardens). Central Gardens has the higher median home value ($233,200 vs $219,600 in Hamshire).

Population, income & housing

	Central Gardens	Hamshire
Population	3,491	1,460
Median age	45.4 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,042	$115,125
Median home value	$233,200	$219,600
Median gross rent	$798	—
Housing units	1,827	525
Homeownership rate	81.5%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Gardens	Hamshire
Population	4,207 → 3,491 (-17.0%)	1,126 → 1,460 (+29.7%)
Median household income	$77,791 → $81,042 (+4.2%)	$102,962 → $115,125 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $233,200 (+2.1%)	$196,200 → $219,600 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $798 (-12.4%)	—

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

Hamshire

Population

1,1261,460

Median household income

$102,962$115,125

Median home value

$196,200$219,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central Gardens	Hamshire
Under 5	8.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.3%	25.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	15.3%
25 to 34	7.9%	5.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	6.2%
75 and over	9.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Gardens	Hamshire
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Gardens	Hamshire
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.9%
High school graduate	29.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Gardens	Hamshire
Drove alone	88.8%	86.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Gardens	Hamshire
1-unit, detached	82.1%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Central Gardens	Hamshire
Poverty rate	8.5%	3.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1980	1987