Berlin vs Thayer

A side-by-side comparison of Berlin and Thayer: population, income, housing, and more.

Berlin and Thayer are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thayer has the higher population (638 vs 97 in Berlin). Berlin has the higher median household income ($68,250 vs $63,125 in Thayer). Since 2019, Thayer's population has grown faster (-18.8% vs -47.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Thayer
Population	97	638
Median age	57.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,250	$63,125
Median home value	—	$87,300
Median gross rent	—	$919
Housing units	66	347
Homeownership rate	83.6%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Thayer
Population	183 → 97 (-47.0%)	786 → 638 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$55,114 → $68,250 (+23.8%)	$61,071 → $63,125 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $90,000 (+36.4%)	$72,400 → $87,300 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $669 (+8.1%)	$718 → $919 (+28.0%)

Berlin

Population

18397

Median household income

$55,114$68,250

Median home value

$66,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$619$669

Thayer

Population

786638

Median household income

$61,071$63,125

Median home value

$72,400$87,300

Median gross rent

$718$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Thayer
Under 5	2.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	27.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	35.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	4.1%	13.2%
75 and over	15.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Thayer
No high school diploma	18.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	46.3%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Thayer
Drove alone	90.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	2.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	2.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	4.8%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Thayer
1-unit, detached	57.6%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Thayer
Poverty rate	10.3%	9.4%
Average household size	1.76	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1983	1960