Gause vs Thorndale

A side-by-side comparison of Gause and Thorndale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thorndale has the higher population (1,295 vs 376 in Gause). Gause has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $139,400 in Thorndale). Since 2019, Gause's population has grown faster (+45.7% vs -8.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Gause	Thorndale
Population	376	1,295
Median age	28.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$62,857
Median home value	$275,000	$139,400
Median gross rent	—	$923
Housing units	159	706
Homeownership rate	75.7%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gause	Thorndale
Population	258 → 376 (+45.7%)	1,407 → 1,295 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$21,908 → $21,799 (-0.5%)	$58,917 → $62,857 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $275,000 (+101.5%)	$87,800 → $139,400 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$633 → $923 (+45.8%)

Gause

Population

258376

Median household income

$21,908$21,799

Median home value

$136,500$275,000

Thorndale

Population

1,4071,295

Median household income

$58,917$62,857

Median home value

$87,800$139,400

Median gross rent

$633$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gause	Thorndale
Under 5	5.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	27.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	21.8%	17.3%
35 to 44	1.6%	17.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.4%
75 and over	1.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gause	Thorndale
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	62.9%
Black or African American	10.4%	10.0%
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	0.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gause	Thorndale
No high school diploma	2.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	42.7%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gause	Thorndale
Drove alone	90.8%	86.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gause	Thorndale
1-unit, detached	96.9%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Gause	Thorndale
Poverty rate	9.6%	7.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	37	22
Median year structure built	1938	1967