With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Thayer works elsewhere
Thayer has 27 jobs; 190 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Thayer itself; outside it, Parsons draws the most (20%, 16 miles). At home: 28% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Thayer by day
On a workday 188 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Thayer on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Commuting out of Thayer: the destinations
Where Thayer clocks in
20% of workers
18% 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.
Thayer is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thayer, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 27. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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.
Thayer’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thayer workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 167 commuters (the 28% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
Miles to work from Thayer
About 19% 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?
$85,635 (±$14,692) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thayer?
9.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thayer?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thayer work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parsons (20%, 16 mi), Chanute (18%, 12 mi), Chetopa Township (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thayer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.