Early vs Thunderbird Bay

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

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

Early has the higher population (3,159 vs 820 in Thunderbird Bay). Early has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $48,179 in Thunderbird Bay). Early has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $73,900 in Thunderbird Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Early	Thunderbird Bay
Population	3,159	820
Median age	36.2 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$48,179
Median home value	$170,700	$73,900
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,158
Housing units	1,312	925
Homeownership rate	71.1%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Early	Thunderbird Bay
Population	2,986 → 3,159 (+5.8%)	661 → 820 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$51,420 → $69,375 (+34.9%)	$36,806 → $48,179 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $170,700 (+54.8%)	$80,800 → $73,900 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,137 (+43.0%)	$1,625 → $1,158 (-28.7%)

Early

Population

2,9863,159

Median household income

$51,420$69,375

Median home value

$110,300$170,700

Median gross rent

$795$1,137

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)

	Early	Thunderbird Bay
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	8.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.7%	21.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	15.5%
75 and over	9.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Early	Thunderbird Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	84.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Early	Thunderbird Bay
No high school diploma	8.4%	0.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Early	Thunderbird Bay
Drove alone	79.7%	46.4%
Carpooled	10.6%	27.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Early	Thunderbird Bay
1-unit, detached	69.4%	21.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	75.5%

Poverty & households

	Early	Thunderbird Bay
Poverty rate	9.8%	12.9%
Average household size	2.67	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1983	1986