Mexia vs Thornton

A side-by-side comparison of Mexia and Thornton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mexia has the higher population (6,867 vs 449 in Thornton). Thornton has the higher median household income ($52,857 vs $36,589 in Mexia). Mexia has the higher median home value ($92,900 vs $77,900 in Thornton).

Population, income & housing

	Mexia	Thornton
Population	6,867	449
Median age	37.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,589	$52,857
Median home value	$92,900	$77,900
Median gross rent	$786	$888
Housing units	2,846	229
Homeownership rate	57.9%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mexia	Thornton
Population	7,356 → 6,867 (-6.6%)	671 → 449 (-33.1%)
Median household income	$36,565 → $36,589 (+0.1%)	$43,750 → $52,857 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $92,900 (+26.9%)	$65,500 → $77,900 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $786 (+11.2%)	$973 → $888 (-8.7%)

Mexia

Population

7,3566,867

Median household income

$36,565$36,589

Median home value

$73,200$92,900

Median gross rent

$707$786

Thornton

Population

671449

Median household income

$43,750$52,857

Median home value

$65,500$77,900

Median gross rent

$973$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mexia	Thornton
Under 5	5.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	6.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	20.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	4.5%
75 and over	6.6%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mexia	Thornton
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	91.5%
Black or African American	29.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	36.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mexia	Thornton
No high school diploma	16.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	40.8%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mexia	Thornton
Drove alone	85.6%	89.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mexia	Thornton
1-unit, detached	67.8%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Mexia	Thornton
Poverty rate	34.6%	18.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1978	1962