Dutch Island vs Thunderbolt

A side-by-side comparison of Dutch Island and Thunderbolt: population, income, housing, and more.

Dutch Island and Thunderbolt are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thunderbolt has the higher population (2,552 vs 1,353 in Dutch Island). Dutch Island has the higher median household income ($185,750 vs $69,191 in Thunderbolt). Dutch Island has the higher median home value ($584,000 vs $303,500 in Thunderbolt).

Population, income & housing

	Dutch Island	Thunderbolt
Population	1,353	2,552
Median age	44.6 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$185,750	$69,191
Median home value	$584,000	$303,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,614
Housing units	490	1,442
Homeownership rate	98.3%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.0%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dutch Island	Thunderbolt
Population	1,162 → 1,353 (+16.4%)	2,651 → 2,552 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$170,417 → $185,750 (+9.0%)	$60,819 → $69,191 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$554,100 → $584,000 (+5.4%)	$212,000 → $303,500 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,111 → $1,614 (+45.3%)

Dutch Island

Population

1,1621,353

Median household income

$170,417$185,750

Median home value

$554,100$584,000

Thunderbolt

Population

2,6512,552

Median household income

$60,819$69,191

Median home value

$212,000$303,500

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dutch Island	Thunderbolt
Under 5	8.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	0.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	18.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	14.1%
75 and over	4.1%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dutch Island	Thunderbolt
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	61.9%
Black or African American	15.8%	32.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dutch Island	Thunderbolt
No high school diploma	0.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	15.0%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dutch Island	Thunderbolt
Drove alone	69.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.9%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dutch Island	Thunderbolt
1-unit, detached	99.4%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	35.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Dutch Island	Thunderbolt
Poverty rate	16.2%	17.8%
Average household size	2.80	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1996	1976