HomeTexasLimestone CountyThornton town
Thornton town, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Thornton town is a Census town of 565 people across 0.98 square miles of land, in Limestone County. Median household income is $53,750, 74.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.2 m.
70 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections
Thornton
What Thornton is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.98 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land575 plus or minus 253
- County holding the largest share of its areaLimestone 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.
Thornton
How many people live in Thornton
- Population565 plus or minus 249
- Median age36.5 plus or minus 12.0
- Population under 18187 plus or minus 92
- Share under 1833.1 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Population 65 and over93 plus or minus 51
- Share 65 and over16.5 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Households172 plus or minus 67
- Family households127 plus or minus 61
- Share of households that are families73.8 percent plus or minus 20.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thornton
Income and work in Thornton
- Median household income$53,750 plus or minus $20,708
- Per capita income$21,631 plus or minus $5,593
- Civilian labor force206 plus or minus 88
- Employed169 plus or minus 66
- Unemployed37 plus or minus 33
- Unemployment rate18.0 percent plus or minus 14.1
- Adults 25 and over354 plus or minus 143
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.8 percent plus or minus 46.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher2.0 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thornton
Housing in Thornton
- Housing units260 plus or minus 85
- Occupied units172 plus or minus 67
- Vacant units88 plus or minus 52
- Vacancy rate33.8 percent plus or minus 16.7
- Owner occupied128 plus or minus 52
- Renter occupied44 plus or minus 30
- Ownership rate74.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$84,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$897
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.0 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Single family units204 plus or minus 80
- Share single family78.5 percent plus or minus 17.3
- Units in buildings of two or more7 plus or minus 21
- Share in buildings of two or more2.7 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Mobile homes49 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thornton
How Thornton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute155 plus or minus 62
- Commuting under 15 minutes27 plus or minus 15
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.4 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more70 plus or minus 39
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.2 percent plus or minus 17.8
- Drove alone87.6 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home8.3 percent plus or minus 6.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thornton
SBA 7(a) lending to Thornton borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,175,000
- Average approval$1,175,000
- Median approval$1,175,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,175,000
- Largest approval$1,175,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Thornton
Flood programme status in Thornton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating0
- NFIP community number480914
- Currently effective map date09/16/11
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Limestone County, not Thornton
Limestone County context, not Thornton figures
These are Limestone County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Thornton measurements.
- Establishments in Limestone County401
- Employment at those establishments, Limestone County5,200
- Covered employment, Limestone County8,717
- Average annual pay, Limestone County$66,254
- Average weekly wage, Limestone County$1,274
- Housing units permitted, Limestone County37
- Of those, single family, Limestone County29
- County product, 2024, Limestone County$2,179,035,000
- County product change over the prior year, Limestone County7.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Limestone County$56,034
Every figure in this section is published for Limestone County as a whole and is not a measurement of Thornton. 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
Thornton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Thornton, Texas?
565, in 172 households. Thornton town covers 0.98 square miles of land, which is 575 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Thornton in?
Limestone 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 Thornton?
$53,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $84,000. Median gross rent is $897 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Thornton businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $1.2 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,175,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Thornton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Thornton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Thornton. only 0 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 Thornton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
It is listed but not shown as participating. Thornton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480914, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. 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 Thornton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Limestone 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 Thornton.
Is zoning published for Thornton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
Nearby