Southwest Sandhill vs Thorntonville

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

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

Southwest Sandhill has the higher population (1,174 vs 678 in Thorntonville). Southwest Sandhill has the higher median household income ($71,618 vs $59,563 in Thorntonville). Thorntonville has the higher median home value ($203,300 vs $117,800 in Southwest Sandhill).

Population, income & housing

	Southwest Sandhill	Thorntonville
Population	1,174	678
Median age	44.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,618	$59,563
Median home value	$117,800	$203,300
Housing units	528	240
Homeownership rate	88.0%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southwest Sandhill	Thorntonville
Population	911 → 1,174 (+28.9%)	566 → 678 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$80,114 → $71,618 (-10.6%)	$45,000 → $59,563 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $117,800 (-22.7%)	$81,000 → $203,300 (+151.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$820 → $833 (+1.6%)

Southwest Sandhill

Population

9111,174

Median household income

$80,114$71,618

Median home value

$152,300$117,800

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)

	Southwest Sandhill	Thorntonville
Under 5	3.7%	10.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	1.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	6.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.7%
75 and over	10.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southwest Sandhill	Thorntonville
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	53.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	3.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	57.2%	45.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southwest Sandhill	Thorntonville
No high school diploma	23.1%	23.7%
High school graduate	32.1%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southwest Sandhill	Thorntonville
Drove alone	84.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	15.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southwest Sandhill	Thorntonville
1-unit, detached	61.4%	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	38.6%	34.6%

Poverty & households

	Southwest Sandhill	Thorntonville
Poverty rate	7.2%	17.0%
Average household size	2.39	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1972	1982