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Thorne Bay city, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
Thorne Bay city is a Census city of 519 people across 26.67 square miles of land, in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area. Median household income is $61,250, 57.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Thorne Bay
What Thorne Bay is
- Census place typecity
- Land area26.67 sq mi
- Water area3.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land19 plus or minus 5
- County holding the largest share of its areaPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thorne Bay
How many people live in Thorne Bay
- Population519 plus or minus 122
- Median age37.2 plus or minus 13.8
- Population under 18120 plus or minus 34
- Share under 1823.1 percent
- Population 65 and over105 plus or minus 43
- Share 65 and over20.2 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Households228 plus or minus 56
- Family households145 plus or minus 46
- Share of households that are families63.6 percent plus or minus 12.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Thorne Bay
- Median household income$61,250 plus or minus $16,783
- Per capita income$28,132
- Civilian labor force241 plus or minus 75
- Employed218 plus or minus 70
- Unemployed23 plus or minus 22
- Unemployment rate9.5 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Adults 25 and over315 plus or minus 87
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.4 percent plus or minus 34.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.6 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thorne Bay
Housing in Thorne Bay
- Housing units304
- Occupied units228 plus or minus 56
- Vacant units76 plus or minus 23
- Vacancy rate25.0 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied132 plus or minus 45
- Renter occupied96 plus or minus 35
- Ownership rate57.9 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$270,000 plus or minus $199,457
- Median gross rent, monthly$950
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Single family units154 plus or minus 46
- Share single family50.7 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Units in buildings of two or more45 plus or minus 28
- Share in buildings of two or more14.8 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Mobile homes105 plus or minus 35
- Median year structure built1987
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Thorne Bay gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute209 plus or minus 65
- Commuting under 15 minutes151 plus or minus 55
- Share commuting under 15 minutes72.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more50 plus or minus 33
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.9 percent plus or minus 14.2
- Drove alone53.1 percent
- Carpooled27.0 percent plus or minus 18.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked14.2 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Worked from home0.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, not Thorne Bay
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area context, not Thorne Bay figures
These are Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Thorne Bay measurements.
- Establishments in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area175
- Employment at those establishments, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area991
- Covered employment, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area2,111
- Average annual pay, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area$54,711
- Average weekly wage, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area$1,052
- Housing units permitted, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area2
- Of those, single family, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area2
- County product, 2024, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area$294,002,000
- County product change over the prior year, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area-1.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area$62,771
Every figure in this section is published for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area as a whole and is not a measurement of Thorne Bay. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Thorne Bay questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Thorne Bay, Alaska?
519, in 228 households. Thorne Bay city covers 26.67 square miles of land, which is 19 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Thorne Bay in?
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Thorne Bay?
$61,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $270,000. Median gross rent is $950 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Thorne Bay figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Thorne Bay.
Is zoning published for Thorne Bay?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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