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History

GARDEN RIDGE, TEXAS. Garden Ridge is on Interstate Highway 35 near the Bexar and Guadalupe county lines twelve miles southwest of New Braunfels in Comal County. When the community was incorporated on April 4, 1972, it became the first new town in the county in 127 years. It had a population of 230 in 1972 and 647 in 1980. In 1990 Garden Ridge, probably due to its location in the area of heavy growth between San Antonio and Austin, had a population of 1,450.  

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,882 people, 704 households, and 622 families residing in the city. The population density was 238.9 people per square mile (92.2/km²). There were 722 housing units at an average density of 91.7/sq mi (35.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.84% White, 2.23% African American, 0.11% Native American, 1.12% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 1.43% from other races, and 1.17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.55% of the population.

There were 704 households out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 83.7% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.6% were non-families. 9.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the city the population was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 18.3% from 25 to 44, 40.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 100.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $90,184, and the median income for a family was $92,269. Males had a median income of $68,750 versus $37,708 for females. The per capita income for the city was $40,201. About 1.6% of families and 1.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.3% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.

Geography

Garden Ridge is located at 29°37′59″N 98°17′57″W / 29.63306, -98.29917 (29.633126, -98.299195), 19 miles northeast of San Antonio.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.1 square miles (20.8 km²), of which, 7.9 square miles (20.4 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (2.11%) is water.