Thunderbolt vs Tybee Island

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

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

Tybee Island has the higher population (3,121 vs 2,552 in Thunderbolt). Tybee Island has the higher median household income ($112,778 vs $69,191 in Thunderbolt). Tybee Island has the higher median home value ($613,400 vs $303,500 in Thunderbolt).

Population, income & housing

	Thunderbolt	Tybee Island
Population	2,552	3,121
Median age	45.6 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,191	$112,778
Median home value	$303,500	$613,400
Median gross rent	$1,614	$1,214
Housing units	1,442	3,337
Homeownership rate	65.4%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thunderbolt	Tybee Island
Population	2,651 → 2,552 (-3.7%)	3,093 → 3,121 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$60,819 → $69,191 (+13.8%)	$80,897 → $112,778 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$212,000 → $303,500 (+43.2%)	$503,700 → $613,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,111 → $1,614 (+45.3%)	$1,208 → $1,214 (+0.5%)

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

Tybee Island

Population

3,0933,121

Median household income

$80,897$112,778

Median home value

$503,700$613,400

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thunderbolt	Tybee Island
Under 5	2.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	6.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	1.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	4.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	18.1%	22.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	26.4%
75 and over	10.3%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thunderbolt	Tybee Island
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	94.9%
Black or African American	32.0%	2.5%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thunderbolt	Tybee Island
No high school diploma	8.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	24.8%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thunderbolt	Tybee Island
Drove alone	75.2%	75.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	18.4%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thunderbolt	Tybee Island
1-unit, detached	48.3%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	35.4%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.8%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Thunderbolt	Tybee Island
Poverty rate	17.8%	6.5%
Average household size	1.91	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1976	1984