Household incomes in Garden Ridge top those of 98% of U.S. towns
Only 1% work in Garden Ridge itself; outside it, San Antonio draws the most (36%, 18 miles). The two grades for Garden Ridge are A+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 26% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Garden Ridge in brief
Garden Ridge and San Antonio trade workers both ways
San Antonio is the top workplace for Garden Ridge residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Garden Ridge come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Garden Ridge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Garden Ridge makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Garden Ridge are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Garden Ridge residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Garden Ridge
26% of Garden Ridge workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Garden Ridge earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Garden Ridge is among the top U.S. towns, #7 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Garden Ridge’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Garden Ridge stays A+.
Where people from Garden Ridge work
Where Garden Ridge clocks in
36% of workers
11% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Garden Ridge spends getting to work: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garden Ridge workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,404 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Garden Ridge, 51% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,101 jobs are based in Garden Ridge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garden Ridge, 2014 → 2024: 954 → 1,101. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garden Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Garden Ridge for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,768 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 1,081 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Garden Ridge on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Garden Ridge
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Garden Ridge is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Garden Ridge is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #587 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,893 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.4% of Garden Ridge households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Garden Ridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Garden Ridge places 23rd of 3,908 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 6 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 22 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 23 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 24 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| 25 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Garden Ridge, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to Garden Ridge
The biggest share goes to Schertz (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Garden Ridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Ridge | – | A+ | D | 37 min | $177,353 |
| Schertz | 6% | A− | C | 32 min | $99,948 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Garden Ridge’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Garden Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Garden Ridge?
$177,353 (±$58,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garden Ridge?
0.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garden Ridge?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garden Ridge work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (36%, 18 mi), New Braunfels (11%, 12 mi), Austin (9%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Garden Ridge walkable?
Garden Ridge is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Garden Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Garden Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garden Ridge
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.