Galesburg vs Thayer

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

Galesburg 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 184 in Galesburg). Galesburg has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $50,729 in Thayer). Galesburg has the higher median home value ($88,600 vs $63,300 in Thayer).

Population, income & housing

	Galesburg	Thayer
Population	184	454
Median age	27.0 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$50,729
Median home value	$88,600	$63,300
Median gross rent	—	$779
Housing units	64	204
Homeownership rate	81.6%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galesburg	Thayer
Population	190 → 184 (-3.2%)	391 → 454 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$37,102 → $59,375 (+60.0%)	$45,625 → $50,729 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $88,600 (+96.9%)	$67,100 → $63,300 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $750 (+17.6%)	$584 → $779 (+33.4%)

Galesburg

Population

190184

Median household income

$37,102$59,375

Median home value

$45,000$88,600

Median gross rent

$638$750

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)

	Galesburg	Thayer
Under 5	10.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	23.8%
18 to 24	14.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	5.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	21.6%
45 to 54	8.2%	4.8%
55 to 64	4.3%	7.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.7%
75 and over	4.9%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galesburg	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	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	0.0%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galesburg	Thayer
No high school diploma	2.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	29.4%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galesburg	Thayer
Drove alone	78.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	21.1%	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)

	Galesburg	Thayer
1-unit, detached	96.9%	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	3.1%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Galesburg	Thayer
Poverty rate	19.6%	28.6%
Average household size	3.76	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1976	1977