May vs Thunderbird Bay

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

May 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 151 in May). May has the higher median household income ($64,000 vs $48,179 in Thunderbird Bay). May has the higher median home value ($83,300 vs $73,900 in Thunderbird Bay).

Population, income & housing

	May	Thunderbird Bay
Population	151	820
Median age	36.4 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,000	$48,179
Median home value	$83,300	$73,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,158
Housing units	120	925
Homeownership rate	65.4%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	May	Thunderbird Bay
Population	285 → 151 (-47.0%)	661 → 820 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$50,078 → $64,000 (+27.8%)	$36,806 → $48,179 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$70,700 → $83,300 (+17.8%)	$80,800 → $73,900 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,625 → $1,158 (-28.7%)

May

Population

285151

Median household income

$50,078$64,000

Median home value

$70,700$83,300

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)

	May	Thunderbird Bay
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.2%	8.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	25.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	21.8%
65 to 74	2.6%	15.5%
75 and over	12.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	May	Thunderbird Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	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	2.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	May	Thunderbird Bay
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.4%
High school graduate	34.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree	42.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	May	Thunderbird Bay
Drove alone	100.0%	46.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	27.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	May	Thunderbird Bay
1-unit, detached	92.5%	21.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	75.5%

Poverty & households

	May	Thunderbird Bay
Poverty rate	12.6%	12.9%
Average household size	2.90	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	8	17
Median year structure built	1952	1986