Chanute vs Thayer

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

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

Chanute has the higher population (8,629 vs 454 in Thayer). Thayer has the higher median household income ($50,729 vs $47,885 in Chanute). Chanute has the higher median home value ($77,900 vs $63,300 in Thayer).

Population, income & housing

	Chanute	Thayer
Population	8,629	454
Median age	38.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,885	$50,729
Median home value	$77,900	$63,300
Median gross rent	$653	$779
Housing units	4,099	204
Homeownership rate	68.9%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chanute	Thayer
Population	9,102 → 8,629 (-5.2%)	391 → 454 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$36,838 → $47,885 (+30.0%)	$45,625 → $50,729 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $77,900 (+4.0%)	$67,100 → $63,300 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $653 (+11.2%)	$584 → $779 (+33.4%)

Chanute

Population

9,1028,629

Median household income

$36,838$47,885

Median home value

$74,900$77,900

Median gross rent

$587$653

Thayer

Population

391454

Median household income

$45,625$50,729

Median home value

$67,100$63,300

Median gross rent

$584$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chanute	Thayer
Under 5	5.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	23.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	5.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	21.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	4.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	7.7%
75 and over	7.2%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chanute	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	67.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chanute	Thayer
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chanute	Thayer
Drove alone	81.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	13.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chanute	Thayer
1-unit, detached	86.2%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Chanute	Thayer
Poverty rate	20.1%	28.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	13	19
Median year structure built	1952	1977