Bangs vs Thunderbird Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Bangs and Thunderbird Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Bangs and Thunderbird Bay are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bangs has the higher population (1,731 vs 820 in Thunderbird Bay). Bangs has the higher median household income ($50,486 vs $48,179 in Thunderbird Bay). Bangs has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $73,900 in Thunderbird Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Bangs	Thunderbird Bay
Population	1,731	820
Median age	42.0 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,486	$48,179
Median home value	$106,300	$73,900
Median gross rent	$719	$1,158
Housing units	825	925
Homeownership rate	63.5%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangs	Thunderbird Bay
Population	1,597 → 1,731 (+8.4%)	661 → 820 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$42,578 → $50,486 (+18.6%)	$36,806 → $48,179 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $106,300 (+41.7%)	$80,800 → $73,900 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	$527 → $719 (+36.4%)	$1,625 → $1,158 (-28.7%)

Bangs

Population

1,5971,731

Median household income

$42,578$50,486

Median home value

$75,000$106,300

Median gross rent

$527$719

Thunderbird Bay

Population

661820

Median household income

$36,806$48,179

Median home value

$80,800$73,900

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangs	Thunderbird Bay
Under 5	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	8.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	21.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	15.5%
75 and over	4.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangs	Thunderbird Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	84.4%
Black or African American	8.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangs	Thunderbird Bay
No high school diploma	12.7%	0.4%
High school graduate	36.8%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangs	Thunderbird Bay
Drove alone	77.8%	46.4%
Carpooled	11.6%	27.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	17.7%
Other means	6.4%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangs	Thunderbird Bay
1-unit, detached	72.5%	21.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	75.5%

Poverty & households

	Bangs	Thunderbird Bay
Poverty rate	12.5%	12.9%
Average household size	2.54	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1968	1986