Blanket vs Thunderbird Bay

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

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

Thunderbird Bay has the higher population (820 vs 360 in Blanket). Thunderbird Bay has the higher median household income ($48,179 vs $45,417 in Blanket). Blanket has the higher median home value ($77,300 vs $73,900 in Thunderbird Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Blanket	Thunderbird Bay
Population	360	820
Median age	44.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,417	$48,179
Median home value	$77,300	$73,900
Median gross rent	$578	$1,158
Housing units	163	925
Homeownership rate	85.9%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanket	Thunderbird Bay
Population	372 → 360 (-3.2%)	661 → 820 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$41,094 → $45,417 (+10.5%)	$36,806 → $48,179 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $77,300 (+12.4%)	$80,800 → $73,900 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $578 (-40.2%)	$1,625 → $1,158 (-28.7%)

Blanket

Population

372360

Median household income

$41,094$45,417

Median home value

$68,800$77,300

Median gross rent

$967$578

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)

	Blanket	Thunderbird Bay
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	8.4%
18 to 24	16.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	21.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	15.5%
75 and over	6.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanket	Thunderbird Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanket	Thunderbird Bay
No high school diploma	22.0%	0.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanket	Thunderbird Bay
Drove alone	79.6%	46.4%
Carpooled	14.5%	27.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanket	Thunderbird Bay
1-unit, detached	84.7%	21.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	75.5%

Poverty & households

	Blanket	Thunderbird Bay
Poverty rate	12.5%	12.9%
Average household size	2.81	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1963	1986