Thayer vs Urbana

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

Thayer and Urbana 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 18 in Urbana). Since 2019, Thayer's population has grown faster (+16.1% vs -25.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Thayer	Urbana
Population	454	18
Median age	37.9 yrs	—
Median household income	$50,729	—
Median home value	$63,300	—
Median gross rent	$779	—
Housing units	204	18
Homeownership rate	71.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thayer	Urbana
Population	391 → 454 (+16.1%)	24 → 18 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $50,729 (+11.2%)	—
Median home value	$67,100 → $63,300 (-5.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$584 → $779 (+33.4%)	—

Thayer

Population

391454

Median household income

$45,625$50,729

Median home value

$67,100$63,300

Median gross rent

$584$779

Urbana

Population

2418

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thayer	Urbana
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	21.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	0.0%
75 and over	13.2%	100.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thayer	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thayer	Urbana
No high school diploma	5.5%	100.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thayer	Urbana
Drove alone	76.3%	—
Carpooled	9.2%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	9.8%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	4.6%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thayer	Urbana
1-unit, detached	71.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Thayer	Urbana
Poverty rate	28.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.89	—
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1977	—