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Population (year 2000): 525. Estimated
population in July 2005: 545 (+3.8% change)
Males: 260 (49.5%), Females: 265 (50.5%)
Limestone County
Zip code:
76687
Median resident age: 37.4 years
Median household income: $26,607 (year 2000)
Median house value: $34,200 (year 2000)
Races in Thornton:
- White Non-Hispanic (83.2%)
- Hispanic (8.0%)
- Black (6.5%)
- Other race (2.9%)
- American Indian (1.7%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (14.7%), Irish (12.2%),
United States (11.4%), French (6.5%), English (4.4%), Scottish
(2.1%).
Elevation: 489 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Thornton
- High school or higher: 71.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
- Unemployed: 2.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Thornton town
- Never married: 19.4%
- Now married: 52.5%
- Separated: 3.8%
- Widowed: 10.6%
- Divorced: 13.7%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -12 (-2.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Thornton:
- LIMESTONE MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; GROESBECK,
TX)
- PARKVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; MEXIA,
TX)
- FALLS COMMUNITY HOSP AND CLINIC (about 23 miles;
MARLIN, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Thornton:
- WACO REGIONAL (about 47 miles; WACO, TX; ID: ACT)
- EASTERWOOD FIELD (about 59 miles; COLLEGE STATION,
TX; ID: CLL)
- DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL (about 60
miles; TEMPLE, TX; ID: TPL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Thornton:
- MEXIA-LIMESTONE CO (about 17 miles; MEXIA, TX; ID:
LXY)
- MARLIN (about 20 miles; MARLIN, TX; ID: T15)
- TEAGUE MUNI (about 26 miles; TEAGUE, TX; ID: 68F)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Thornton:
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-WACO (about 39 miles;
WACO, TX; Full-time enrollment: 3,218)
- BAYLOR UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; WACO, TX; FT
enrollment: 13,183)
- MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; WACO,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,658)
- NAVARRO COLLEGE (about 47 miles; CORSICANA, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,842)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 55 miles; COLLEGE
STATION, TX; FT enrollment: 41,117)
- TEMPLE COLLEGE (about 59 miles; TEMPLE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,054)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (about 68 miles;
BELTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,257)
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