Garden RidgeTX
A town of 4,371, settled in 1980. Public schools that outperform most of Texas.
Trash day: look up yoursIs Garden Ridge a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Garden Ridge grades A− overall, 32nd among Texas's 640 graded towns. The median household earns $177K. Its schools rank ahead of 86% of Texas towns and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 84% of the country. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $690K for a typical one and 9.1 times the San Antonio metro’s $76K median household income. 63% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Garden Ridge, above both the Texas town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Only 10 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on history.
What makes Garden Ridge stand out
Where Garden Ridge beats most towns.
Garden Ridge has grown 35% since 2010
3,259 counted in 2010 and 4,186 in 2020; an estimated 4,371 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 5.1% since 2020, after 28.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Garden Ridge grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Garden Ridge is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 12%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Alamodome and 40 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Garden Ridge. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaAlamodome
19 mi LandmarkAlamo Mission
29 mi CaveJacob's Well (Texas)
17 mi Stadium & arenaFrost Bank Center
19 mi Theme parkSix Flags Fiesta Texas
19 mi LookoutTower of the AmericasPhoto credits
Alamodome: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · Alamo Mission: Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jacob's Well (Texas): Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Frost Bank Center: Atristan 77, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Six Flags Fiesta Texas: Chris Hagerman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tower of the Americas: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0
Moving to Garden Ridge: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Garden Ridge, and how to reach them.
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 Garden Ridge.
Garden Ridge fares better on crime within Texas than nationally and has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Texas.
Garden Ridge’s grade for cost of living is a C−
At 9.1 years of the San Antonio metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home (about $690K) costs more against local pay than in 97% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $8,813, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
96% of households own their home in Garden Ridge. The typical Garden Ridge home is worth about $690,000, down 0.6% in a year, more than twice the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Garden Ridge’s grade for schools is an A
Its A for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $690K.
Its public schools are run by Comal ISD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Ridge ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 475 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, fewer of Garden Ridge’s adults report frequent mental distress
Against the 1,450 U.S. towns with household incomes like Garden Ridge’s, it is less healthy than 83%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
12% of Garden Ridge adults report frequent mental distress. Garden Ridge beats the Texas average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 15% of Garden Ridge adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Garden Ridge | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 74% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.6% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Garden Ridge | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 12.5% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Garden Ridge stands out in Texas and nationally: a smaller share of its residents live below the poverty line
The average commute for its 1,753 working residents takes 37.1 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas. 25.8% of workers work from home, against 14.4% across Texas.
Only 3 of the 642 Texas towns we compare have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Garden Ridge. Garden Ridge’s average trip to work is 37 minutes. Jobs based in Garden Ridge grew to 1,095 in 2023, 126 more than in 2013.
| Garden Ridge | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $177,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 0.4% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Less crime per resident in Garden Ridge than in 71% of U.S. towns
At 11.2 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 84% of Texas’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 54 to 22 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Garden Ridge is 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Garden Ridge | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.7 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Garden Ridge has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 95°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 40.3°.
Garden Ridge has warm winters and hot summers. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Garden Ridge | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 40°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Garden Ridge faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Garden Ridge.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0.3% of Garden Ridge
Just 12 of its 4,694 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Garden Ridge itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Paul Davis Park | — | 13 |
| 2. Regency Oaks Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Harvey B. Bell Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Garden Ridge
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Garden Ridge
About 11 of every 100 Garden Ridge residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
98% of working residents leave Garden Ridge for work
Where Garden Ridge’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Garden Ridge
City in Texas, United States
Garden Ridge is a city in Comal County, Texas, United States, incorporated in 1972. The population was 4,186 at the 2020 census, up from 3,259 at the 2010 census. Garden Ridge is part of the Texas German belt region, and area settled by German emigrants in the mid 1800s. Many residents of Garden Ridge are ancestors of these German emigrants. It is part of the San Antonio metropolitan statistical rea.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 7.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 892 ft
- Area code
- 210
Garden Ridge’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Garden Ridge.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Ridge | #32 | A− | C− | B+ | A | A− |
| Schertz | #159 | B− | D | B | A− | B+ |
Questions about Garden Ridge
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Garden Ridge, TX a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Garden Ridge grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #32 of 640 in Texas. It grades A− for health, B+ for safety and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Garden Ridge, TX expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.