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Thunderbolt town, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Thunderbolt town is a Census town of 2,533 people across 1.34 square miles of land, in Chatham County. Median household income is $75,234, 61.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $853,900.
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Thunderbolt
What Thunderbolt is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.34 sq mi
- Water area0.22 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,886
- County holding the largest share of its areaChatham County, 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.
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How many people live in Thunderbolt
- Population2,533
- Median age43.9
- Population under 18425 plus or minus 130
- Share under 1816.8 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Population 65 and over633 plus or minus 176
- Share 65 and over25.0 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Households1,200
- Family households465
- Share of households that are families38.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Thunderbolt
- Median household income$75,234 plus or minus $19,586
- Per capita income$44,500
- Civilian labor force1,360
- Employed1,313
- Unemployed47 plus or minus 30
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over1,969
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher40.7 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree19.0 percent plus or minus 8.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Thunderbolt
- Housing units1,389
- Occupied units1,200
- Vacant units189 plus or minus 85
- Vacancy rate13.6 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied738 plus or minus 174
- Renter occupied462 plus or minus 120
- Ownership rate61.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$334,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,708
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.2 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Single family units730
- Share single family52.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more578 plus or minus 192
- Share in buildings of two or more41.6 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Mobile homes81 plus or minus 40
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Thunderbolt gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,117
- Commuting under 15 minutes263 plus or minus 93
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.5 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more279 plus or minus 116
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.0 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Drove alone76.5 percent
- Carpooled6.9 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home14.3 percent plus or minus 6.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Thunderbolt borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$853,900
- Average approval$284,633
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$500,000
- Largest approval$500,000
- Jobs supported7
- Jobs per approval2.3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood programme status in Thunderbolt
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 6
- NFIP community number130460
- Currently effective map date08/16/18
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Chatham County, not Thunderbolt
Chatham County context, not Thunderbolt figures
These are Chatham County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Thunderbolt measurements.
- Establishments in Chatham County9,037
- Employment at those establishments, Chatham County153,824
- Covered employment, Chatham County170,836
- Average annual pay, Chatham County$61,834
- Average weekly wage, Chatham County$1,189
- Housing units permitted, Chatham County2,691
- Of those, single family, Chatham County1,704
- County product, 2024, Chatham County$28,462,557,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chatham County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chatham County$70,122
Every figure in this section is published for Chatham County as a whole and is not a measurement of Thunderbolt. 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.
- 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
Thunderbolt questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Thunderbolt, Georgia?
2,533, in 1,200 households. Thunderbolt town covers 1.34 square miles of land, which is 1,886 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Thunderbolt in?
Chatham County, 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 Thunderbolt?
$75,234. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $334,600. Median gross rent is $1,708 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Thunderbolt businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $853,900, across 2 lenders, median approval $200,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Thunderbolt, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Thunderbolt borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Thunderbolt. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Thunderbolt in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Thunderbolt appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130460, carrying Community Rating System class 6, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Thunderbolt figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chatham County 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 Thunderbolt.
Is zoning published for Thunderbolt?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.