Central GardensTX
A town of 3,976. A regional job hub with 3,444 jobs.
What should you know before moving to Central Gardens?
0% of its land is conserved. Overall it grades B−, ranked 193rd of 640 in Texas. Its public schools beat 75% of Texas towns on state tests and graduation. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 79% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Central Gardens’ average trip to work is 16 minutes, below both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
What makes Central Gardens stand out
Where Central Gardens beats most towns.
Every workday, about 3,382 people come to Central Gardens for work
Where Central Gardens’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Central Gardens grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Central Gardens is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Spindletop and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Central Gardens. Close and well known come first.
4 mi LandmarkSpindletop
8 mi National PreserveBig Thicket National Preserve228K visitors a year5 mi MuseumSpindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum
8 mi MuseumArt Museum of Southeast Texas
8 mi MuseumEdison Museum
9 mi MuseumBabe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor CenterPhoto credits
Spindletop: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Big Thicket National Preserve: NPS, Public domain · Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art Museum of Southeast Texas: R. Rothenberger, CC BY 3.0 · Edison Museum: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0
Moving to Central Gardens: who provides what
Central Gardens is unincorporated, so Jefferson County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Central Gardens.
Central Gardens draws workers from Beaumont and beyond and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly hurricanes).
Most working residents commute out of Central Gardens
3,444 jobs are based in Central Gardens, 1.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 16.4 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Central Gardens for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (22%), Port Arthur (12%) and Nederland (12%). Half commute less than 9 miles.
| Central Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hurricanes leads a high hazard risk in Central Gardens
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Texas towns; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Older than Texas overall
People 65 and older are 23% of residents (13% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 20% of residents (24% statewide). Central Gardens’ median age is 43 years. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Central Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 14% | 18% |
| Median age | 43 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 26% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.1 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Central Gardens | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.2% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.6% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.7% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.4% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.3% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.1% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.1% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.9% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.8% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,000, single groups can be off by several points
In Central Gardens, expect mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 42.9°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.8°.
Central Gardens has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Central Gardens is 43°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Central Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 43°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 95°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Central Gardens is healthier than 52% of U.S. towns
Central Gardens beats the Texas average on 9 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 33% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Central Gardens.
| Central Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 39% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 20% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Central Gardens | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.5% | 19.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.9% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.5% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Central Gardens sells for about $395K
78% of Central Gardens households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Central Gardens
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Central Gardens
About 7 of every 100 Central Gardens residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Central Gardens
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Central Gardens is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,373 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
Central Gardens’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Central Gardens.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Gardens | #193 | B− | B− | — | A− | B− |
| Nederland | #234 | C+ | C− | C+ | A− | B− |
Central Gardens reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Central Gardens with a neighbor →
Questions about Central Gardens
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Central Gardens, TX a good place to live?
Central Gardens grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #193 of 640 in Texas. It grades B− for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Central Gardens, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $217,000, 27% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.