Monahans vs Thorntonville

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

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

Monahans has the higher population (7,536 vs 678 in Thorntonville). Monahans has the higher median household income ($70,820 vs $59,563 in Thorntonville). Thorntonville has the higher median home value ($203,300 vs $159,000 in Monahans).

Population, income & housing

	Monahans	Thorntonville
Population	7,536	678
Median age	35.6 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,820	$59,563
Median home value	$159,000	$203,300
Median gross rent	$919	—
Housing units	3,420	240
Homeownership rate	73.1%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monahans	Thorntonville
Population	7,618 → 7,536 (-1.1%)	566 → 678 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$64,870 → $70,820 (+9.2%)	$45,000 → $59,563 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $159,000 (+78.9%)	$81,000 → $203,300 (+151.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,001 → $919 (-8.2%)	$820 → $833 (+1.6%)

Monahans

Population

7,6187,536

Median household income

$64,870$70,820

Median home value

$88,900$159,000

Median gross rent

$1,001$919

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)

	Monahans	Thorntonville
Under 5	7.4%	10.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.4%
35 to 44	16.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	1.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	6.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	11.7%
75 and over	4.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monahans	Thorntonville
White (non-Hispanic)	36.1%	53.5%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	55.0%	45.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monahans	Thorntonville
No high school diploma	18.3%	23.7%
High school graduate	37.7%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monahans	Thorntonville
Drove alone	85.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	11.0%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monahans	Thorntonville
1-unit, detached	73.2%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	34.6%

Poverty & households

	Monahans	Thorntonville
Poverty rate	16.9%	17.0%
Average household size	2.58	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1970	1982