Thayer, Iowa

Population

Down 2.0% since 2020.

49

people, the 896th-largest of Iowa's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Iowa's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

Rent

Median rent is $483 a month.

$483

a month. Iowa's median is $972.

Census ACS 5-year, 2005-2009 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $224.

A $224 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Union County.

• $676 Tract 1902
• $900 Tract 1903

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 95% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 88% less than Iowa's.

$25,800

median home value in Thayer.

• $25,800 Thayer
• $208,000 Iowa
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year