Sunset Village vs Thomaston

A side-by-side comparison of Sunset Village and Thomaston: population, income, housing, and more.

Sunset Village and Thomaston are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thomaston has the higher population (9,798 vs 809 in Sunset Village). Sunset Village has the higher median household income ($68,952 vs $36,571 in Thomaston). Thomaston has the higher median home value ($146,100 vs $138,800 in Sunset Village).

Population, income & housing

	Sunset Village	Thomaston
Population	809	9,798
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,952	$36,571
Median home value	$138,800	$146,100
Median gross rent	—	$700
Housing units	282	4,646
Homeownership rate	94.5%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunset Village	Thomaston
Population	672 → 809 (+20.4%)	8,774 → 9,798 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$43,405 → $68,952 (+58.9%)	$28,906 → $36,571 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $138,800 (+27.8%)	$88,900 → $146,100 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $838 (+0.8%)	$626 → $700 (+11.8%)

Sunset Village

Population

672809

Median household income

$43,405$68,952

Median home value

$108,600$138,800

Median gross rent

$831$838

Thomaston

Population

8,7749,798

Median household income

$28,906$36,571

Median home value

$88,900$146,100

Median gross rent

$626$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sunset Village	Thomaston
Under 5	2.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	16.2%
35 to 44	27.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	3.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	6.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.6%
75 and over	5.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunset Village	Thomaston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	54.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	36.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunset Village	Thomaston
No high school diploma	9.8%	15.7%
High school graduate	23.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	55.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunset Village	Thomaston
Drove alone	94.5%	79.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunset Village	Thomaston
1-unit, detached	91.5%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Sunset Village	Thomaston
Poverty rate	0.7%	34.2%
Average household size	2.97	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1978	1964