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Thayer, MO

2,333 Population
2.4 square miles 955.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon County: 44.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,973 ±$2,629 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon County: $23,212 ±$1,900
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,417 ±$5,193 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon County: $43,069 † ±$6,603
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

34.3% ±11.5% (754  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon County: 23.6% † 1,982 (±4.6% / ±390)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.5 minutes ±4.7 (12,140  ±4,519) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oregon County: 23 † 66,275 (±2.9 / ±9,873)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

915 ±161 Number of households
  • Oregon County: 3,380 ±179
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (2,264  ±387) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Oregon County: 2.5 8,540 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,077 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Oregon County: 4,321 ±21
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$67,500 ±$20,126 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oregon County: $113,300 † ±$16,224
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.4% ±6.6% (358  ±164.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon County: 11.4% † 979 (±2.9% / ±249.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.2% ±3% (1,260  ±229.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon County: 85.2% 5,188 (±6.3% / ±385.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20% ±7.5% (300  ±124.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon County: 12.6% † 764 (±2.9% / ±175.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±0.5% (12  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oregon County: 0.7% 58
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±4.7% (148  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oregon County: 6.6% † 440 (±1.5% / ±99)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
148 Total veterans ±80 144 Male ±79 4 Female ±7

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