Farmington vs Thornton

A side-by-side comparison of Farmington and Thornton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thornton has the higher population (815 vs 94 in Farmington). Thornton has the higher median household income ($47,917 vs $29,500 in Farmington). Since 2019, Thornton's population has grown faster (-21.1% vs -45.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Thornton
Population	94	815
Median age	41.6 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$29,500	$47,917
Median home value	—	$455,300
Median gross rent	—	$898
Housing units	40	285
Homeownership rate	37.5%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Thornton
Population	172 → 94 (-45.3%)	1,033 → 815 (-21.1%)
Median household income	—	$29,141 → $47,917 (+64.4%)
Median home value	—	$322,700 → $455,300 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$781 → $898 (+15.0%)

Farmington

Population

17294

Thornton

Population

1,033815

Median household income

$29,141$47,917

Median home value

$322,700$455,300

Median gross rent

$781$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Thornton
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	23.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	67.0%	4.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.8%
75 and over	20.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Thornton
White (non-Hispanic)	20.2%	32.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	53.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	60.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Thornton
No high school diploma	8.5%	34.9%
High school graduate	41.5%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Thornton
Drove alone	20.6%	81.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	79.4%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Thornton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Thornton
Poverty rate	53.2%	29.5%
Average household size	2.35	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1938	1966