Central Gardens vs Port Arthur

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

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

Port Arthur has the higher population (55,779 vs 3,491 in Central Gardens). Central Gardens has the higher median household income ($81,042 vs $45,752 in Port Arthur). Central Gardens has the higher median home value ($233,200 vs $96,900 in Port Arthur).

Population, income & housing

	Central Gardens	Port Arthur
Population	3,491	55,779
Median age	45.4 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,042	$45,752
Median home value	$233,200	$96,900
Median gross rent	$798	$996
Housing units	1,827	25,417
Homeownership rate	81.5%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Gardens	Port Arthur
Population	4,207 → 3,491 (-17.0%)	55,109 → 55,779 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$77,791 → $81,042 (+4.2%)	$36,557 → $45,752 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $233,200 (+2.1%)	$65,800 → $96,900 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $798 (-12.4%)	$823 → $996 (+21.0%)

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

Port Arthur

Population

55,10955,779

Median household income

$36,557$45,752

Median home value

$65,800$96,900

Median gross rent

$823$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central Gardens	Port Arthur
Under 5	8.1%	8.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.0%
75 and over	9.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Gardens	Port Arthur
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	15.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	42.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	35.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Gardens	Port Arthur
No high school diploma	4.9%	22.8%
High school graduate	29.3%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Gardens	Port Arthur
Drove alone	88.8%	89.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Gardens	Port Arthur
1-unit, detached	82.1%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	17.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Central Gardens	Port Arthur
Poverty rate	8.5%	29.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1980	1975