St. Paul vs Thayer

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

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

St. Paul has the higher population (665 vs 454 in Thayer). Thayer has the higher median household income ($50,729 vs $37,344 in St. Paul). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $63,300 in Thayer).

Population, income & housing

	St. Paul	Thayer
Population	665	454
Median age	48.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,344	$50,729
Median home value	$92,100	$63,300
Median gross rent	$681	$779
Housing units	295	204
Homeownership rate	67.8%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Paul	Thayer
Population	575 → 665 (+15.7%)	391 → 454 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$50,417 → $37,344 (-25.9%)	$45,625 → $50,729 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$91,000 → $92,100 (+1.2%)	$67,100 → $63,300 (-5.7%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $681 (+20.3%)	$584 → $779 (+33.4%)

St. Paul

Population

575665

Median household income

$50,417$37,344

Median home value

$91,000$92,100

Median gross rent

$566$681

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)

	St. Paul	Thayer
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	5.6%	5.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	21.6%
45 to 54	6.6%	4.8%
55 to 64	9.9%	7.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.7%
75 and over	24.8%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Paul	Thayer
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Paul	Thayer
No high school diploma	7.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	43.1%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Paul	Thayer
Drove alone	74.7%	76.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	4.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Paul	Thayer
1-unit, detached	69.5%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	St. Paul	Thayer
Poverty rate	7.3%	28.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1979	1977