Terminous vs Thornton

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

Terminous 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 357 in Terminous). Terminous has the higher median household income ($72,838 vs $47,917 in Thornton). Thornton has the higher median home value ($455,300 vs $282,200 in Terminous).

Population, income & housing

	Terminous	Thornton
Population	357	815
Median age	57.5 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,838	$47,917
Median home value	$282,200	$455,300
Median gross rent	—	$898
Housing units	215	285
Homeownership rate	85.5%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	21.9%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Terminous	Thornton
Population	446 → 357 (-20.0%)	1,033 → 815 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$55,313 → $72,838 (+31.7%)	$29,141 → $47,917 (+64.4%)
Median home value	$198,100 → $282,200 (+42.5%)	$322,700 → $455,300 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$781 → $898 (+15.0%)

Terminous

Population

446357

Median household income

$55,313$72,838

Median home value

$198,100$282,200

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)

	Terminous	Thornton
Under 5	6.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	23.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.0%
25 to 34	24.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	4.2%	4.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	17.4%
55 to 64	18.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	15.4%	3.8%
75 and over	22.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Terminous	Thornton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	32.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	60.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Terminous	Thornton
No high school diploma	6.3%	34.9%
High school graduate	23.0%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Terminous	Thornton
Drove alone	79.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	14.3%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Terminous	Thornton
1-unit, detached	53.5%	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	46.5%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Terminous	Thornton
Poverty rate	1.1%	29.5%
Average household size	1.92	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1984	1966