Barstow vs Thorntonville

A side-by-side comparison of Barstow and Thorntonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thorntonville has the higher population (678 vs 193 in Barstow). Thorntonville has the higher median household income ($59,563 vs $53,182 in Barstow). Thorntonville has the higher median home value ($203,300 vs $99,300 in Barstow).

Population, income & housing

	Barstow	Thorntonville
Population	193	678
Median age	48.6 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,182	$59,563
Median home value	$99,300	$203,300
Housing units	155	240
Homeownership rate	84.7%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barstow	Thorntonville
Population	515 → 193 (-62.5%)	566 → 678 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$34,792 → $53,182 (+52.9%)	$45,000 → $59,563 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$41,400 → $99,300 (+139.9%)	$81,000 → $203,300 (+151.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $744 (-31.3%)	$820 → $833 (+1.6%)

Barstow

Population

515193

Median household income

$34,792$53,182

Median home value

$41,400$99,300

Median gross rent

$1,083$744

Thorntonville

Population

566678

Median household income

$45,000$59,563

Median home value

$81,000$203,300

Median gross rent

$820$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barstow	Thorntonville
Under 5	2.1%	10.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	21.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	16.4%
35 to 44	5.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	31.1%	1.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	6.8%
65 to 74	2.1%	11.7%
75 and over	25.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barstow	Thorntonville
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	53.5%
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	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	45.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barstow	Thorntonville
No high school diploma	36.3%	23.7%
High school graduate	42.5%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barstow	Thorntonville
Drove alone	63.8%	82.3%
Carpooled	31.9%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barstow	Thorntonville
1-unit, detached	78.1%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	34.6%

Poverty & households

	Barstow	Thorntonville
Poverty rate	16.6%	17.0%
Average household size	1.97	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1956	1982