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Thorndale, TX

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Overview


Thorndale is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,344 people and just one neighborhood, Thorndale is the 774th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Thorndale isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Thorndale are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Thorndale is a city of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Thorndale who work in teaching (14.95%), architecture and engineering (9.48%), and office and administrative support (8.01%).

Also of interest is that Thorndale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Thorndale’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

Being a small city, Thorndale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Thorndale are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.51% of adults in Thorndale having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Thorndale in 2022 was $32,041, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,164 for a family of four. However, Thorndale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Thorndale is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Thorndale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Thorndale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Thorndale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.88% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Thorndale include German, English, Irish, Czech, and African.

The most common language spoken in Thorndale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

If you are planning to retire in Texas, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Texas, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.4% of neighborhoods in TX. If a Texas retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 25 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 3.2% have British ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Thorndale are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 38.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 36.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.5%), and 9.2% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 85.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (14.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Thorndale, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.7%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (22.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.2%), along with some British ancestry residents (3.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (88.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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