Population 561 · Census ACS 2020–24
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Population and households in Thicket
Household size in Thicket
| Period | Thicket | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 3.01 | 2.87 | 2.68 |
| 2010–14 | 2.99 | 2.93 | 2.73 |
| 2015–19 | 2.41 | 2.95 | 2.71 |
| 2020–24 | 2.35 | 2.83 | 2.65 |
| Change | −0.66 | −0.05 | −0.03 |
Thicket is a place of small households, averaging 2.35 people against 2.65 for the U.S., which points to many singles, couples and roommates and relatively few children. Since 2006–10, household size has dropped from 3.01, but in a place this small, survey estimates can swing a lot from one release to the next.
Household size: the average number of people living in each occupied home. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B25010).
Median age in Thicket
| Period | Thicket | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 39.0 | 34.7 | 37.7 |
| 2010–14 | 28.7 | 35.4 | 38.6 |
| 2015–19 | 48.9 | 36.1 | 39.6 |
| 2020–24 | 42.3 | 36.7 | 40.1 |
| Change | +3.3 | +2.0 | +2.3 |
The median resident of Thicket is 42.3 years old, a bit older than the national median of 40.1.
Median age: the age that splits residents into two equal halves. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B01002).
Single-parent households in Thicket
| Period | Thicket | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 16.8% | 13.7% | 12.3% |
| 2010–14 | 20.5% | 13.7% | 12.3% |
| 2015–19 | 12.8% | 13.1% | 11.6% |
| 2020–24 | 18.1% | 12.9% | 11.6% |
| Change | +1.3 pts | −0.8 pts | −0.6 pts |
Single parents head just over one in six households in Thicket (18.1%), well above the national share of 11.6%.
Single-parent households: households where one adult with no spouse present lives with children under 18. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B11003).
Housing in Thicket
Renters in Thicket
| Period | Thicket | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 21.4% | 35.2% | 33.3% |
| 2010–14 | 9.8% | 37.3% | 35.6% |
| 2015–19 | 6.7% | 38.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020–24 | 6.0% | 37.4% | 34.8% |
| Change | −15.5 pts | +2.3 pts | +1.5 pts |
Thicket is overwhelmingly a place of homeowners: only 6.0% of households rent, far below the national share of 34.8%. Owner-heavy areas like this tend to see less turnover. Among homeowners, 91.1% have no mortgage at all, well above the national share of 39.8%.
Renters: occupied homes that are rented rather than owned. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B25003).
Vacant homes in Thicket
| Period | Thicket | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 26.0% | 11.8% | 11.4% |
| 2010–14 | 19.1% | 10.9% | 11.4% |
| 2015–19 | 18.7% | 10.9% | 11.1% |
| 2020–24 | 17.4% | 9.4% | 9.6% |
| Change | −8.7 pts | −2.4 pts | −1.8 pts |
Vacant homes make up 17.4% of the housing in Thicket, far above the national rate of 9.6%. In resort and lake areas that usually means seasonal and vacation homes; elsewhere it can point to weak demand.
Vacant homes: homes with no one living in them, including vacation homes and homes for sale or rent. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B25002).
Age of homes in Thicket
| Period | Thicket | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 1968 | 1983 | 1974 |
| 2010–14 | 1986 | 1985 | 1975 |
| 2015–19 | 1987 | 1987 | 1977 |
| 2020–24 | 1985 | 1992 | 1980 |
| Change | +17 | +8 | +6 |
The housing in Thicket is a little younger than the country's: half of it was built after 1985, against 1980 nationally. Still, homes here are older than in Texas as a whole, where the median home dates to 1992.
Age of homes: the year that splits the housing stock into older and newer halves. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B25035).
Rent in Thicket
| Period | Thicket | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | $530 | $921 | $965 |
| 2010–14 | $721 | $1,005 | $1,040 |
| 2015–19 | $812 | $1,178 | $1,213 |
| 2020–24 | $556 | $1,560 | $1,571 |
| Change | +$26 | +$639 | +$606 |
The median renter in Thicket pays $556 a month for rent and utilities, well below the national median of $1,571. The typical renter here spends 22.0% of household income on rent, comfortably under the 30% mark often used to define affordable rent, and a smaller share than renters pay nationally.
Rent: monthly rent plus the utilities renters pay themselves. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B25064).
Education in Thicket
Bachelor's degrees in Thicket
| Period | Thicket | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 8.3% | 27.0% | 28.4% |
| 2010–14 | 10.3% | 27.9% | 29.6% |
| 2015–19 | 6.4% | 30.0% | 32.1% |
| 2020–24 | 3.6% | 34.0% | 35.6% |
| Change | −4.7 pts | +7.1 pts | +7.2 pts |
College degrees are relatively uncommon in Thicket: 3.6% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's or higher, well below the national share of 35.6%.
Bachelor's degrees: adults 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B15003).
High school graduates in Thicket
| Period | Thicket | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 88.2% | 80.7% | 84.9% |
| 2010–14 | 76.9% | 82.0% | 86.1% |
| 2015–19 | 85.3% | 83.6% | 87.7% |
| 2020–24 | 80.3% | 85.8% | 89.3% |
| Change | −7.9 pts | +5.1 pts | +4.3 pts |
About one in five adults in Thicket never finished high school, well above the national share: only 80.3% have a diploma or equivalent, against 89.3% nationally.
High school graduates: adults 25 and older with a high school diploma, GED or more. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B15003).
Jobs in Thicket
| Period | Thicket | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 10.2% | 7.0% | 8.1% |
| 2010–14 | 1.6% | 7.7% | 9.4% |
| 2015–19 | 12.0% | 5.1% | 5.6% |
| 2020–24 | 7.5% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Change | −2.6 pts | −1.7 pts | −2.7 pts |
Unemployment in Thicket runs well above the national rate: 7.5% of the labor force was out of work and looking, against 5.4%. Each figure pools five years of surveys (2020–24), so it describes that whole stretch rather than today's job market.
Unemployment: people looking for work as a share of everyone working or looking. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B23025).
Thicket compared with nearby cities
| City | Household size | Median age | Single parents | Renters | Vacant homes | Median year built | Median rent | Bachelor's degree | High school diploma | Unemployment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thicket | 2.35 | 42.3 | 18.1% | 6.0% | 17.4% | 1985 | $556 | 3.6% | 80.3% | 7.5% |
| Votaw | 2.23 | 47.5 | 20.4% | 1.9% | 20.8% | 1992 | $563 | 2.2% | 76.1% | 6.1% |
| Saratoga | 2.61 | 31.6 | 13.0% | 14.7% | 10.2% | 1970 | $577 | 8.3% | 89.5% | 9.9% |
| Batson | 2.55 | 31.9 | 22.1% | 4.4% | 11.2% | 1988 | $571 | 11.1% | 96.4% | 8.3% |
| Holly Grove | 2.49 | 43.8 | 23.4% | 12.0% | 21.7% | 1996 | $693 | 15.1% | 74.9% | 2.5% |
| Moss Hill | 2.43 | 42.2 | 11.6% | 10.4% | 19.0% | 1988 | $1,003 | 10.1% | 86.7% | 11.5% |
| Romayor | 3.02 | 30.3 | 25.7% | 14.4% | 29.8% | 1981 | $887 | 11.2% | 87.2% | 8.3% |
| Kountze | 2.61 | 39.7 | 17.0% | 22.5% | 10.4% | 1992 | $1,120 | 22.3% | 88.4% | 9.4% |
| Pine Ridge | 2.68 | 39.3 | 8.5% | 6.1% | 14.9% | 1994 | $1,097 | 28.6% | 95.5% | 1.7% |
| Nona | 2.42 | 44.2 | 15.5% | 17.0% | 13.4% | 1996 | $1,115 | 29.2% | 88.7% | 11.9% |
| Dolen | 3.13 | 35.5 | 15.8% | 9.8% | 16.9% | 1993 | $1,039 | 13.7% | 75.9% | 9.5% |
All figures 2020–24.
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About these numbers
Every figure on this page is a BestNeighborhood calculation from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS), built up from the Census block groups that make up Thicket. Each ACS 5-year release pools five years of responses; this page shows the last 15 releases, 2006–10 through 2020–24. Neighboring releases share four of their five years, so they move gradually and small changes between them are within the survey's margin of error; in small places the lines can jump from one release to the next for the same reason. The maps show the same measures for each neighborhood, ranked against the whole country.
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