Thayer vs Thomasville

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

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

Thayer has the higher population (2,288 vs 35 in Thomasville).

Population, income & housing

	Thayer	Thomasville
Population	2,288	35
Median age	41.9 yrs	10.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,477	—
Median home value	$69,300	—
Median gross rent	$652	—
Housing units	1,031	23
Homeownership rate	72.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thayer	Thomasville
Population	2,355 → 2,288 (-2.8%)	0 → 35 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$29,006 → $36,477 (+25.8%)	—
Median home value	$81,000 → $69,300 (-14.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$497 → $652 (+31.2%)	—

Thayer

Population

2,3552,288

Median household income

$29,006$36,477

Median home value

$81,000$69,300

Median gross rent

$497$652

Thomasville

Population

035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thayer	Thomasville
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.6%	51.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	25.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	22.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	0.0%
75 and over	9.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thayer	Thomasville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thayer	Thomasville
No high school diploma	14.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.6%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thayer	Thomasville
Drove alone	84.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thayer	Thomasville
1-unit, detached	84.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Thayer	Thomasville
Poverty rate	36.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.55	4.38
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1972	—