Durham vs Thermalito

A side-by-side comparison of Durham and Thermalito: population, income, housing, and more.

Durham and Thermalito are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thermalito has the higher population (6,645 vs 6,111 in Durham). Durham has the higher median household income ($120,778 vs $53,814 in Thermalito). Durham has the higher median home value ($612,100 vs $257,400 in Thermalito).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Thermalito
Population	6,111	6,645
Median age	50.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$120,778	$53,814
Median home value	$612,100	$257,400
Median gross rent	$1,092	$1,104
Housing units	2,175	2,493
Homeownership rate	69.7%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Thermalito
Population	5,987 → 6,111 (+2.1%)	6,894 → 6,645 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$83,788 → $120,778 (+44.1%)	$36,964 → $53,814 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$500,300 → $612,100 (+22.3%)	$163,700 → $257,400 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,433 → $1,092 (-23.8%)	$1,124 → $1,104 (-1.8%)

Durham

Population

5,9876,111

Median household income

$83,788$120,778

Median home value

$500,300$612,100

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,092

Thermalito

Population

6,8946,645

Median household income

$36,964$53,814

Median home value

$163,700$257,400

Median gross rent

$1,124$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durham	Thermalito
Under 5	6.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	14.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	17.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	20.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	14.8%	10.0%
75 and over	7.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Thermalito
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	47.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.0%
Asian	2.4%	23.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.4%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Thermalito
No high school diploma	5.6%	22.4%
High school graduate	19.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Thermalito
Drove alone	68.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	12.7%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	6.8%
Other means	2.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Thermalito
1-unit, detached	78.7%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Thermalito
Poverty rate	5.1%	17.2%
Average household size	2.89	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1973	1971