Central GardensTX
A regional job hub with 3,444 jobs. A town in Texas, home to 3,976 people.
What should you know before moving to Central Gardens?
A town of contrasts. The weak point is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 79% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Homes run about $217K for a typical one, 3.4 times the Beaumont metro’s $65K median household income. Its best grade is for schools: its public schools beat three quarters of Texas towns on state tests and graduation. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, ranking 193rd of 640 in Texas. That leaves it better than 48% of U.S. towns. Central Gardens’ mean commuting time is 16 minutes, below both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 19 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US.
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).
Few of Central Gardens’ working residents work in town
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.
The top destinations are Beaumont (22%), Port Arthur (12%) and Nederland (12%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 9 miles. The median household income in Central Gardens is $84,000.
| Central Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| 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
Natural hazards: high risk in Central Gardens, mostly hurricanes
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Texas towns; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
41% of Central Gardens’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 28%. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2017.
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). For residents in Central Gardens, the share who are under 18 is 21%. 31% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 34% across Texas. Central Gardens’ midpoint age comes in at 43 years.
| 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
Central Gardens: mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 42.9°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.8°.
Snow is a rarity. In Central Gardens, the January low is 43°F.
| 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. Among adults in the town, 33% sleep under 7 hours. In Central Gardens, 13% of adults worry about having enough food, and 75% had a checkup this year.
| 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% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 74% | 79% |
| 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 $192K
In Central Gardens, 78% of households live in a home they own.
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−.