Earlton vs Thayer

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

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

Thayer has the higher population (454 vs 116 in Earlton). Earlton has the higher median household income ($73,833 vs $50,729 in Thayer). Since 2019, Thayer's population has grown faster (+16.1% vs -6.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Earlton	Thayer
Population	116	454
Median age	43.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,833	$50,729
Median home value	—	$63,300
Median gross rent	—	$779
Housing units	51	204
Homeownership rate	91.7%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlton	Thayer
Population	124 → 116 (-6.5%)	391 → 454 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$29,531 → $73,833 (+150.0%)	$45,625 → $50,729 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $37,900 (-27.3%)	$67,100 → $63,300 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$584 → $779 (+33.4%)

Earlton

Population

124116

Median household income

$29,531$73,833

Median home value

$52,100$37,900

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)

	Earlton	Thayer
Under 5	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.6%	23.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	16.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	7.8%	21.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	4.8%
55 to 64	25.9%	7.3%
65 to 74	0.9%	7.7%
75 and over	7.8%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlton	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlton	Thayer
No high school diploma	12.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	52.9%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlton	Thayer
Drove alone	67.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	32.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlton	Thayer
1-unit, detached	66.7%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.3%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Earlton	Thayer
Poverty rate	1.7%	28.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	10	19
Median year structure built	1959	1977