Thornton, Idaho

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Population in July 2007: 24,077.

Males: 10,993	(45.7%)
Females: 13,084	(54.3%)

Median resident age:	20.4 years
Idaho median age:	33.2 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $33,487 (it was $27,336 in 2000)

Thornton:	$33,487
Idaho:	$46,253

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $12,150

Thornton:	$12,150
Idaho:	$23,105

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $164,279 (it was $94,300 in 2000)

Thornton:	$164,279
Idaho:	$178,100

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $197,834; Detached houses: $214,504; Townhouses or other attached units: $622,331; In 2-unit structures: $300,732; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $98,207; Mobile homes: $47,678

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Races in Thornton:

White Non-Hispanic (95.5%)
Hispanic (3.8%)
Other race (2.1%)
Two or more races (0.9%)

2008 cost of living index in Thornton: 86.9 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 4860 feet

Land area: 75.4 square miles.

Population density: 319 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Thornton

High school or higher: 86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 7.8%
Unemployed: 8.0%
Mean travel time to work: 13.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Thornton CCD

Never married: 58.6%
Now married: 35.8%
Separated: 0.5%
Widowed: 2.7%
Divorced: 2.9%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.1%
Idaho:	5.0%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Thornton:	0.8% ($725)
Idaho:	1.0% ($1,007)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Idaho Falls, ID (23.1 miles , pop. 50,730).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: West Adams, CO (443.3 miles , pop. 259,628).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (709.6 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Rexburg, ID (1.7 miles ), Sugar City, ID (2.6 miles ), Rigby, ID (3.1 miles ), Moody Creek, ID (3.1 miles ), Teton, ID (3.2 miles ), Menan, ID (3.2 miles ), Ririe, ID (3.3 miles ), Lewisville, ID (3.4 miles ).

Latitude: 43.79 N, Longitude: 111.81 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 208

Most common industries for males (%):

Educational services (22%)
Construction (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
Health care (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (29%)
Health care (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Printing and related support activities (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Finance and insurance (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
Postsecondary teachers (5%)
Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (11%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Cashiers (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

Thornton-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Idaho state average. It is 249% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/18/1959 at 06:37:13, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 78.8 miles away from Thornton center, causing $26,000,000 total damage
On 6/30/1975 at 18:54:13, a magnitude 6.1 (5.6 MB, 5.9 MS, 6.1 UK, 6.1 ML, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 81.3 miles away from the city center
On 2/3/1994 at 09:05:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.4 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.8 ML, Depth: 4.9 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 81.8 miles away from the city center
On 10/28/1983 at 19:51:24, a magnitude 5.8 (5.4 MB, 5.1 MS, 5.8 ML) earthquake occurred 98.7 miles away from Thornton center
On 4/21/2001 at 17:18:56, a magnitude 5.4 (5.4 MB, 4.9 MS, 5.3 MW, Depth: 0.5 mi) earthquake occurred 63.1 miles away from the city center
On 2/11/1994 at 14:59:50, a magnitude 5.3 (4.8 MB, 5.1 ML, 5.3 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 81.8 miles away from Thornton center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Hospitals/medical centers near Thornton:

MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; REXBURG, ID)
IDAHO FALLS RECOVERY CENTER (about 25 miles; IDAHO FALLS, ID)
EASTERN IDAHO REGIONAL MED CENTER (about 35 miles; IDAHO FALLS, ID)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Thornton:

RICKS COLLEGE (about 7 miles; REXBURG, ID; Full-time enrollment: 8,670)
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 84 miles; POCATELLO, ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 136 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; FT enrollment: 10,380)
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (about 149 miles; LOGAN, UT; FT enrollment: 16,384)
COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO (about 170 miles; TWIN FALLS, ID; FT enrollment: 3,433)
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY (about 180 miles; OGDEN, UT; FT enrollment: 12,112)
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH (about 209 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 19,866)

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Notable location: Independence School (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Church in Thornton: Independence Ward Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemeteries: Beaver Dick Cemetery (1), Sutton Cemetery (2), Burton Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bannock Jim Slough (A), Texas Slough (B), Lyons Creek (C), Spring Slough (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Thornton and their reported violations in the past:

SOUTH FORK MINI MART (Population served: 50, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-1998 and SEP-1998, Contaminant: Coliform

Past monitoring violations:

3 routine major monitoring violations

2 minor monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This place:	3.7 people
Idaho:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	39.8%
Whole state:	71.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	1.2%
Whole state:	4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	41.6%
Whole state:	11.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	25.3%
Whole state:	4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Thornton, ID

People in group quarters in Thornton

1220 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
76 people in nursing homes
59 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
19 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Thornton compared to Idaho state average:

Median household income below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Median age significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage above state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
House age below state average.
Number of college students significantly above state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Madison County Idaho:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (47%) Utility gas (37%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%) Wood (5%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%) No fuel used (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Religion statistics for Thornton

Adherents

Name	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Catholic Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)	International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Other religions
Adherents	98.9%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Congregations	95.0%	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

17.52% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($22,421 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	17.52%
Idaho average:	9.61%

0.93% of residents moved from foreign countries ($127 average AGI)
Madison County: 0.93%
Idaho average: 0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Bonneville County, ID	1.25% ($24,789 average AGI)
from Fremont County, ID	1.05% ($22,775)
from Jefferson County, ID	1.01% ($26,974)

17.80% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($23,152 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	17.80%
Idaho average:	8.30%

0.16% of residents moved to foreign countries ($209 average AGI)
Madison County: 0.16%
Idaho average: 0.09%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Bonneville County, ID	2.36% ($25,167 average AGI)
to Jefferson County, ID	1.32% ($31,287)
to Fremont County, ID	1.11% ($24,824)

Strongest AM radio stations in Thornton:

KRXK (1230 AM; 1 kW; REXBURG, ID; Owner: PACIFIC EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS CORP)
KID (590 AM; 5 kW; IDAHO FALLS, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KUPI (980 AM; 5 kW; AMMON, ID; Owner: RAY GROTH OIL COMPANY, INC.)
KZNI (1260 AM; 5 kW; IDAHO FALLS, ID)
KZNR (690 AM; 10 kW; BLACKFOOT, ID; Owner: WESTERN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KBLI (1620 AM; 10 kW; BLACKFOOT, ID; Owner: WESTERN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KSEI (930 AM; 5 kW; POCATELLO, ID; Owner: PACIFIC EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)
KSL (1160 AM; 50 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
KBRV (790 AM; 5 kW; SODA SPRINGS, ID; Owner: CARIBOU BROADCASTING INC.)
KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Thornton:

KGTM (98.1 FM; REXBURG, ID; Owner: PACIFIC EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS CORP)
KADQ-FM (94.3 FM; REXBURG, ID; Owner: SAND HILL MEDIA CORP.)
KBYI (100.5 FM; REXBURG, ID; Owner: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-IDAHO)
KBJX (107.9 FM; SHELLEY, ID; Owner: PACIFIC EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS CORP)
K209BO (89.7 FM; TETONIA, ID; Owner: FAITH COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
KCHQ (102.1 FM; DRIGGS, ID; Owner: TED W. AUSTIN, JR.)
KFTZ (103.3 FM; IDAHO FALLS, ID; Owner: WESTERN BROADCASTING, LS, LLC)
KUPI-FM (99.1 FM; IDAHO FALLS, ID; Owner: RAY GROTH OIL COMPANY, INC.)
KBYR-FM (91.5 FM; REXBURG, ID; Owner: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY - IDAHO)
K275AB (102.9 FM; FREEDOM, WY; Owner: LOWER STAR VALLEY TV ASSOCIATION)
KPLV (105.5 FM; IDAHO FALLS, ID; Owner: WESTERN BROADCASTING, LS, LLC)
KCVI (101.5 FM; BLACKFOOT, ID; Owner: WESTERN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KLCE (97.3 FM; BLACKFOOT, ID; Owner: WESTERN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KID-FM (96.1 FM; IDAHO FALLS, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KQEO (107.1 FM; IDAHO FALLS, ID; Owner: SAND HILL MEDIA CORP.)
K210AT (89.9 FM; ST. ANTHONY, ETC., ID; Owner: FAITH COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)

TV broadcast stations around Thornton:

K13UF (Channel 13; REXBURG, ID; Owner: OREGON TRAIL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
K59BV (Channel 59; LAVA HOT SPRINGS, ID; Owner: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (IEPBS))
KRXZ-LP (Channel 59; REXBURG, ID; Owner: E-DA-HOE, INC.)
K12OB (Channel 12; ST. ANTHONY, ID; Owner: OREGON TRAIL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
K12MA (Channel 12; REXBURG, ETC., ID; Owner: THE POST COMPANY)

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