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.
Geography
Central Gardens is located in eastern Jefferson County and is bordered to the southeast by Nederland. Texas State Highway 347 passes through the northeastern side of the community, leading southeast into Nederland and northwest to Beaumont.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 3.57%, are water.
Demographics
Central Gardens first appeared as a census designated place in the 1990 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|3,843
|3,772
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,297
|93.59%
|86.77%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |75.39%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|23
|35
|style='background: #ffffe6; |151
|0.56%
|0.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.45%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|10
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|0.24%
|0.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|20
|74
|style='background: #ffffe6; |128
|0.49%
|1.70%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.93%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.02%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.07%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.00%
|0.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|32
|57
|style='background: #ffffe6; |110
|0.78%
|1.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.52%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|177
|388
|style='background: #ffffe6; |666
|4.31%
|8.93%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15.23%
|-
|Total
|4,106
|4,347
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,373
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Central Gardens had a population of 4,373. The median age was 41.4 years. 21.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.2% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 100.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.5 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,751 households in Central Gardens, including 1,066 families. Of all households, 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 51.6% were married-couple households, 19.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.