IL area data
Thayer, IL
Thayer, IL.
Population: 542 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 325.3 (+6.1% YoY)
Market activity
- Median sale price
- $64,000
- Median days on market
- 50 days
- Sale-to-list ratio
- 85.3%
Rents
- 2-bedroom fair-market rent (HUD reference)
- $1,220/mo
- 3BR fair-market rent
- $1,586/mo
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Average)
- 97.3 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 17.7¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $11.30/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- coldWave, drought, hail, lightning, strongWind
- FEMA flood zone
- A07
- Flood risk level
- High
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 79.0°F
- Average high
- 80.0°F
- Average low
- 78.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 48.3 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Moderate
- Median AQI (annual)
- 51
- Days with Good air quality
- 182
- Days with Unhealthy air quality
- 2
Walkability & transit
- Walkability index
- 4.2 / 20
- Transit service frequency
- -99,999
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 2
- Nearest national park
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site (19 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Holzwarth Flying Service Airport (6 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) (22 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 339
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.0 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.1 kWh/m²/day)
Migration
- Net migration
- -511 tax filers
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,956
- Median annual property tax
- $1,277
- Mean commute to work
- 24 min
- Households with broadband internet
- 52.3%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 77,039
- Average weekly wage
- $1,127
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Administrative Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 51
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