Lake Brownwood vs Thunderbird Bay

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

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

Lake Brownwood has the higher population (1,754 vs 820 in Thunderbird Bay). Lake Brownwood has the higher median household income ($60,987 vs $48,179 in Thunderbird Bay). Lake Brownwood has the higher median home value ($116,900 vs $73,900 in Thunderbird Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
Population	1,754	820
Median age	47.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,987	$48,179
Median home value	$116,900	$73,900
Median gross rent	$1,024	$1,158
Housing units	1,124	925
Homeownership rate	75.3%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
Population	1,410 → 1,754 (+24.4%)	661 → 820 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$54,243 → $60,987 (+12.4%)	$36,806 → $48,179 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$70,100 → $116,900 (+66.8%)	$80,800 → $73,900 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $1,024 (+53.3%)	$1,625 → $1,158 (-28.7%)

Lake Brownwood

Population

1,4101,754

Median household income

$54,243$60,987

Median home value

$70,100$116,900

Median gross rent

$668$1,024

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)

	Lake Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
Under 5	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	8.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	18.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	21.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.5%
75 and over	6.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	3.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
No high school diploma	8.3%	0.4%
High school graduate	48.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
Drove alone	89.9%	46.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	27.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
1-unit, detached	63.1%	21.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	34.8%	75.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
Poverty rate	18.8%	12.9%
Average household size	2.59	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	37	17
Median year structure built	1982	1986