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Thayer, MO

2,288 Population
2.4 square miles 936.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon County: 44.6 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,886 ±$3,106 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon County: $23,220 ±$1,528
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$36,477 ±$5,544 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon County: $44,259 † ±$8,105
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

36.5% ±13.6% (810  ±338) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oregon County: 21.9% † 1,858 (±3.8% / ±319)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

17.2 minutes ±5.8 (12,225  ±5,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oregon County: 21.4 † 61,250 (±2.3 / ±8,393)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

868 ±179 Number of households
  • Oregon County: 3,360 ±140
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.6 ±0.7 (2,215  ±422) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Oregon County: 2.6 8,568 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,031 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Oregon County: 4,332 ±28
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$69,300 ±$15,133 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oregon County: $117,700 † ±$14,158
  • about one-third of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

11.8% ±4.9% (269  ±122.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon County: 12.2% † 1,046 (±3.3% / ±286.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

85.6% ±20.9% (1,336  ±227.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon County: 86.9% 5,325 (±6.2% / ±382.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
23.2% ±6.5% (362  ±119.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oregon County: 14.4% † 884 (±3% / ±180.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% ±0.6% (14  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon County: 0.6% 50
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

10.3% ±4.2% (175  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oregon County: 8.4% † 559 (±1.3% / ±85)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
175 Total veterans ±77 170 Male ±75 5 Female ±7

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