Curran vs Thayer

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

Curran 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 164 in Curran). Thayer has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $55,417 in Curran). Curran has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $87,300 in Thayer).

Population, income & housing

	Curran	Thayer
Population	164	638
Median age	42.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$63,125
Median home value	$110,400	$87,300
Median gross rent	$822	$919
Housing units	75	347
Homeownership rate	65.1%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Curran	Thayer
Population	232 → 164 (-29.3%)	786 → 638 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $55,417 (+15.7%)	$61,071 → $63,125 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $110,400 (+75.2%)	$72,400 → $87,300 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $822 (+18.6%)	$718 → $919 (+28.0%)

Curran

Population

232164

Median household income

$47,917$55,417

Median home value

$63,000$110,400

Median gross rent

$693$822

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)

	Curran	Thayer
Under 5	5.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.2%
75 and over	4.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Curran	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+

	Curran	Thayer
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	50.4%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Curran	Thayer
Drove alone	80.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	12.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Curran	Thayer
1-unit, detached	57.3%	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	42.7%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Curran	Thayer
Poverty rate	4.3%	9.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1971	1960