Loami vs Thayer

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

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

Loami has the higher population (830 vs 638 in Thayer). Thayer has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $53,750 in Loami). Loami has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $87,300 in Thayer).

Population, income & housing

	Loami	Thayer
Population	830	638
Median age	29.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$63,125
Median home value	$108,800	$87,300
Median gross rent	$871	$919
Housing units	368	347
Homeownership rate	79.5%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loami	Thayer
Population	1,055 → 830 (-21.3%)	786 → 638 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $53,750 (-2.3%)	$61,071 → $63,125 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $108,800 (+16.0%)	$72,400 → $87,300 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $871 (+8.5%)	$718 → $919 (+28.0%)

Loami

Population

1,055830

Median household income

$55,000$53,750

Median home value

$93,800$108,800

Median gross rent

$803$871

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)

	Loami	Thayer
Under 5	8.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	17.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.2%
75 and over	3.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loami	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loami	Thayer
No high school diploma	12.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	32.2%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loami	Thayer
Drove alone	76.6%	83.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loami	Thayer
1-unit, detached	57.6%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Loami	Thayer
Poverty rate	12.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.51	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1977	1960