Praesel vs Thorndale

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

Praesel 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 180 in Praesel). Praesel has the higher median household income ($103,875 vs $62,857 in Thorndale). Praesel has the higher median home value ($281,100 vs $139,400 in Thorndale).

Population, income & housing

	Praesel	Thorndale
Population	180	1,295
Median age	46.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$103,875	$62,857
Median home value	$281,100	$139,400
Median gross rent	—	$923
Housing units	107	706
Homeownership rate	91.9%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Praesel	Thorndale
Population	127 → 180 (+41.7%)	1,407 → 1,295 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$68,583 → $103,875 (+51.5%)	$58,917 → $62,857 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $281,100 (+163.2%)	$87,800 → $139,400 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$633 → $923 (+45.8%)

Praesel

Population

127180

Median household income

$68,583$103,875

Median home value

$106,800$281,100

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)

	Praesel	Thorndale
Under 5	15.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	3.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	28.3%	17.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	26.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.4%
75 and over	7.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Praesel	Thorndale
White (non-Hispanic)	48.9%	62.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	17.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.9%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Praesel	Thorndale
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	13.0%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	78.1%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Praesel	Thorndale
Drove alone	76.7%	86.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Praesel	Thorndale
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Praesel	Thorndale
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1976	1967