Kentland vs Thayer

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

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

Kentland has the higher population (1,759 vs 447 in Thayer). Kentland has the higher median household income ($56,442 vs $45,391 in Thayer). Thayer has the higher median home value ($150,700 vs $103,200 in Kentland).

Population, income & housing

	Kentland	Thayer
Population	1,759	447
Median age	39.7 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,442	$45,391
Median home value	$103,200	$150,700
Median gross rent	$832	—
Housing units	872	195
Homeownership rate	74.7%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	21.5%	27.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kentland	Thayer
Population	1,722 → 1,759 (+2.1%)	647 → 447 (-30.9%)
Median household income	$45,125 → $56,442 (+25.1%)	—
Median home value	$88,100 → $103,200 (+17.1%)	$187,500 → $150,700 (-19.6%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $832 (+20.6%)	—

Kentland

Population

1,7221,759

Median household income

$45,125$56,442

Median home value

$88,100$103,200

Median gross rent

$690$832

Thayer

Population

647447

Median home value

$187,500$150,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kentland	Thayer
Under 5	8.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	6.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	4.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	23.3%
55 to 64	20.6%	43.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.7%
75 and over	4.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kentland	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	79.0%
Black or African American	8.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kentland	Thayer
No high school diploma	24.0%	16.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kentland	Thayer
Drove alone	75.0%	72.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	27.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kentland	Thayer
1-unit, detached	81.1%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	43.6%

Poverty & households

	Kentland	Thayer
Poverty rate	19.9%	35.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1945	1974