Erie vs Thayer

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

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

Erie has the higher population (1,318 vs 454 in Thayer). Thayer has the higher median household income ($50,729 vs $39,688 in Erie). Erie has the higher median home value ($89,600 vs $63,300 in Thayer).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Thayer
Population	1,318	454
Median age	41.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,688	$50,729
Median home value	$89,600	$63,300
Median gross rent	$548	$779
Housing units	662	204
Homeownership rate	74.7%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Thayer
Population	1,444 → 1,318 (-8.7%)	391 → 454 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$51,204 → $39,688 (-22.5%)	$45,625 → $50,729 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$65,600 → $89,600 (+36.6%)	$67,100 → $63,300 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $548 (-19.6%)	$584 → $779 (+33.4%)

Erie

Population

1,4441,318

Median household income

$51,204$39,688

Median home value

$65,600$89,600

Median gross rent

$682$548

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)

	Erie	Thayer
Under 5	10.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	23.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	16.9%	5.3%
35 to 44	5.4%	21.6%
45 to 54	7.4%	4.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	7.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	7.7%
75 and over	9.6%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	67.6%
Black or African American	8.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Thayer
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	29.9%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Thayer
Drove alone	79.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.2%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Thayer
1-unit, detached	81.3%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Thayer
Poverty rate	18.1%	28.6%
Average household size	2.11	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1969	1977