Isle of Hope vs Thunderbolt

A side-by-side comparison of Isle of Hope and Thunderbolt: population, income, housing, and more.

Isle of Hope 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 1,945 in Isle of Hope). Isle of Hope has the higher median household income ($101,316 vs $69,191 in Thunderbolt). Isle of Hope has the higher median home value ($431,000 vs $303,500 in Thunderbolt).

Population, income & housing

	Isle of Hope	Thunderbolt
Population	1,945	2,552
Median age	48.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,316	$69,191
Median home value	$431,000	$303,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,614
Housing units	979	1,442
Homeownership rate	96.6%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Isle of Hope	Thunderbolt
Population	2,487 → 1,945 (-21.8%)	2,651 → 2,552 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$110,625 → $101,316 (-8.4%)	$60,819 → $69,191 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$371,100 → $431,000 (+16.1%)	$212,000 → $303,500 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,521 → $1,469 (-3.4%)	$1,111 → $1,614 (+45.3%)

Isle of Hope

Population

2,4871,945

Median household income

$110,625$101,316

Median home value

$371,100$431,000

Median gross rent

$1,521$1,469

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)

	Isle of Hope	Thunderbolt
Under 5	6.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	0.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	6.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	16.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	18.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.1%
75 and over	16.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Isle of Hope	Thunderbolt
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	61.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	32.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Isle of Hope	Thunderbolt
No high school diploma	0.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	16.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Isle of Hope	Thunderbolt
Drove alone	84.5%	75.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Isle of Hope	Thunderbolt
1-unit, detached	98.5%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	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	0.7%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Isle of Hope	Thunderbolt
Poverty rate	1.2%	17.8%
Average household size	2.04	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1964	1976