Tehuacana vs Thornton

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

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

Thornton has the higher population (449 vs 275 in Tehuacana). Tehuacana has the higher median household income ($64,500 vs $52,857 in Thornton). Tehuacana has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $77,900 in Thornton).

Population, income & housing

	Tehuacana	Thornton
Population	275	449
Median age	53.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,500	$52,857
Median home value	$125,000	$77,900
Median gross rent	$900	$888
Housing units	129	229
Homeownership rate	73.7%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tehuacana	Thornton
Population	195 → 275 (+41.0%)	671 → 449 (-33.1%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $64,500 (+72.0%)	$43,750 → $52,857 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $125,000 (+57.0%)	$65,500 → $77,900 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $900 (+24.1%)	$973 → $888 (-8.7%)

Tehuacana

Population

195275

Median household income

$37,500$64,500

Median home value

$79,600$125,000

Median gross rent

$725$900

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)

	Tehuacana	Thornton
Under 5	3.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	5.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	21.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	17.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	6.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	20.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	20.7%	4.5%
75 and over	5.8%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tehuacana	Thornton
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	91.5%
Black or African American	8.4%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tehuacana	Thornton
No high school diploma	0.5%	8.9%
High school graduate	29.3%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tehuacana	Thornton
Drove alone	80.0%	89.1%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tehuacana	Thornton
1-unit, detached	88.4%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Tehuacana	Thornton
Poverty rate	30.7%	18.9%
Average household size	1.91	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1965	1962