Goodland vs Thayer

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

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

Goodland has the higher population (923 vs 447 in Thayer). Goodland has the higher median household income ($56,438 vs $45,391 in Thayer). Thayer has the higher median home value ($150,700 vs $92,200 in Goodland).

Population, income & housing

	Goodland	Thayer
Population	923	447
Median age	50.4 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,438	$45,391
Median home value	$92,200	$150,700
Median gross rent	$475	—
Housing units	508	195
Homeownership rate	83.8%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	27.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodland	Thayer
Population	1,000 → 923 (-7.7%)	647 → 447 (-30.9%)
Median household income	$45,536 → $56,438 (+23.9%)	—
Median home value	$73,700 → $92,200 (+25.1%)	$187,500 → $150,700 (-19.6%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $475 (-23.3%)	—

Goodland

Population

1,000923

Median household income

$45,536$56,438

Median home value

$73,700$92,200

Median gross rent

$619$475

Thayer

Population

647447

Median home value

$187,500$150,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodland	Thayer
Under 5	3.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	9.2%	6.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	4.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	23.3%
55 to 64	23.8%	43.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.7%
75 and over	6.2%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodland	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodland	Thayer
No high school diploma	13.4%	16.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodland	Thayer
Drove alone	81.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	27.7%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodland	Thayer
1-unit, detached	88.4%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	43.6%

Poverty & households

	Goodland	Thayer
Poverty rate	12.5%	35.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1943	1974