Central Gardens vs Port Neches

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

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

Port Neches has the higher population (13,627 vs 3,491 in Central Gardens). Port Neches has the higher median household income ($84,335 vs $81,042 in Central Gardens). Central Gardens has the higher median home value ($233,200 vs $231,000 in Port Neches).

Population, income & housing

	Central Gardens	Port Neches
Population	3,491	13,627
Median age	45.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,042	$84,335
Median home value	$233,200	$231,000
Median gross rent	$798	$1,116
Housing units	1,827	5,964
Homeownership rate	81.5%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Gardens	Port Neches
Population	4,207 → 3,491 (-17.0%)	12,782 → 13,627 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$77,791 → $81,042 (+4.2%)	$71,740 → $84,335 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $233,200 (+2.1%)	$165,900 → $231,000 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $798 (-12.4%)	$996 → $1,116 (+12.0%)

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 Neches

Population

12,78213,627

Median household income

$71,740$84,335

Median home value

$165,900$231,000

Median gross rent

$996$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central Gardens	Port Neches
Under 5	8.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	11.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	17.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.0%
75 and over	9.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Gardens	Port Neches
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	83.9%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Gardens	Port Neches
No high school diploma	4.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	29.3%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Gardens	Port Neches
Drove alone	88.8%	82.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Gardens	Port Neches
1-unit, detached	82.1%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Central Gardens	Port Neches
Poverty rate	8.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1980	1972