Cantrall vs Thayer

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

Cantrall 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 147 in Cantrall). Cantrall has the higher median household income ($84,583 vs $63,125 in Thayer). Cantrall has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $87,300 in Thayer).

Population, income & housing

	Cantrall	Thayer
Population	147	638
Median age	38.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,583	$63,125
Median home value	$200,000	$87,300
Median gross rent	$640	$919
Housing units	65	347
Homeownership rate	85.7%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cantrall	Thayer
Population	128 → 147 (+14.8%)	786 → 638 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $84,583 (+17.7%)	$61,071 → $63,125 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $200,000 (+61.6%)	$72,400 → $87,300 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$718 → $919 (+28.0%)

Cantrall

Population

128147

Median household income

$71,875$84,583

Median home value

$123,800$200,000

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)

	Cantrall	Thayer
Under 5	5.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	19.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	17.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	6.8%	13.2%
75 and over	4.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cantrall	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	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	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cantrall	Thayer
No high school diploma	2.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	50.0%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cantrall	Thayer
Drove alone	79.6%	83.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	2.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cantrall	Thayer
1-unit, detached	98.5%	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	1.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Cantrall	Thayer
Poverty rate	12.2%	9.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1968	1960