Thomasville vs Tyro

A side-by-side comparison of Thomasville and Tyro: population, income, housing, and more.

Thomasville and Tyro are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thomasville has the higher population (27,261 vs 3,635 in Tyro). Thomasville has the higher median household income ($58,246 vs $57,198 in Tyro). Tyro has the higher median home value ($182,000 vs $163,200 in Thomasville).

Population, income & housing

	Thomasville	Tyro
Population	27,261	3,635
Median age	39.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,246	$57,198
Median home value	$163,200	$182,000
Median gross rent	$853	$776
Housing units	11,997	1,435
Homeownership rate	63.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thomasville	Tyro
Population	26,784 → 27,261 (+1.8%)	3,954 → 3,635 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$40,648 → $58,246 (+43.3%)	$55,714 → $57,198 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $163,200 (+39.7%)	$126,200 → $182,000 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $853 (+23.1%)	$748 → $776 (+3.7%)

Thomasville

Population

26,78427,261

Median household income

$40,648$58,246

Median home value

$116,800$163,200

Median gross rent

$693$853

Tyro

Population

3,9543,635

Median household income

$55,714$57,198

Median home value

$126,200$182,000

Median gross rent

$748$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thomasville	Tyro
Under 5	6.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	19.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.3%
75 and over	8.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thomasville	Tyro
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	16.9%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thomasville	Tyro
No high school diploma	17.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	32.2%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thomasville	Tyro
Drove alone	82.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	3.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thomasville	Tyro
1-unit, detached	74.2%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	1.2%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	40.7%

Poverty & households

	Thomasville	Tyro
Poverty rate	18.4%	16.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1983	1990