Photo: Steve Shook · CC BY 2.0Thayer has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
There are 3 jobs in Thayer for 82 working residents. Hardly any work in Thayer; the top destination outside it is Lowell (5%, 9 miles). Working from home is the commute for 32% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Thayer quiets down on a workday
On a workday 82 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Thayer on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Thayer work
Where Thayer clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
100% of the jobs in Thayer pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thayer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Thayer
of Thayer workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 79 commuters (the 32% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Thayer’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Thayer: questions
What is the median household income in Thayer?
$64,821 (±$53,133) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thayer?
31.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Thayer work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lowell (5%, 9 mi), Crown Point (4%, 16 mi), Merrillville (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thayer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thayer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thayer
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.