Thayer County, Nebraska: commercial real estate data.

Thayer County

How many people live in Thayer County

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-20244,901
• Households2,087
• Average household size2.35
• Median household income$66,213
• Median age46.0
• Median gross rent$766 per month
• Median owner-occupied home value$122,800
• Home value to household income1.9 times
• Annual rent as a share of median income13.9 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.8 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.5 percent
• Adults 25 and over3,476
• Population under 181,111
• Share under 1822.7 percent
• Population 65 and over1,240
• Share 65 and over25.3 percent
• Working age population, 18 to 642,550
• Civilian labor force2,509
• Unemployment rate2.0 percent
• Labor force participation, adults 18 and over66.2 percent
• Rank by population among Nebraska counties56th of 93
• Rank by population among US county-equivalents, Puerto Rico included2906th of 3,222

Thayer County is the 56th largest of 93 Nebraska counties by population. A median home costs 1.9 times median household income, which is affordable by national standards. Residents 65 and over outnumber those under 18, at 25.3 percent against 22.7 percent, which points demand at health care, services and single story product rather than schools.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

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Where are people moving to Thayer County from?

• Tax returns filed by households arriving79
• People arriving, from those returns149
• Tax returns filed by households leaving92
• Net household movement-13
• Adjusted gross income arriving$3.5 m
• Net adjusted gross income movement$-1.3 m
• Average income of an arriving household$44,785
• Average income of a leaving household$52,859

Households arriving report $8,074 less average income than households leaving, which drains spending power even where headcount holds up.

US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.

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Employment by industry in Thayer County

• Covered employment, annual average2,190
• Establishments reporting262
• Average annual pay$51,087
• Average weekly wage$982
• Manufacturing, employment434
• Manufacturing, average annual pay$62,063
• Wholesale trade, employment250
• Wholesale trade, average annual pay$82,812
• Retail trade, employment164
• Retail trade, average annual pay$22,588
• Health care and social assistance, employment133
• Health care and social assistance, average annual pay$33,226
• Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, employment132
• Finance and insurance, employment110

Manufacturing is the largest private sector at 434 jobs, 19.8 percent of covered employment.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

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Building permits in Thayer County

• Housing units authorized by permit, 20241
• Declared construction value permitted$244,785
• Single family units authorized1
• Multifamily units authorized0
• Multifamily share of units0.0 percent
• Average declared value per unit$244,785
• Units authorized per 1,000 households0.5

Single-family homes are 100.0 percent of units authorized, so the pipeline is predominantly single-family.

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

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SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Thayer County

Do SBA loans in Thayer County get paid back?

• Loans with a final outcome recorded0
• Paid in full0
• Charged off0
• Status: Exempt from disclosure1

Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

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Flood risk in Thayer County

• Participation of the county's own NFIP community Thayer County, unincorporated areasParticipating, community 310479
• Communities in the county in the NFIP Community Status Book12
• Of those, participating in the NFIP11
• NFIP participation rate91.7 percent
• Communities carrying a CRS class0
• Radon levels in Thayer County, EPA zone predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/LZone 1

The county's own community in the status book, unincorporated Thayer County (community 310479), participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies there. The EPA places Thayer County in radon zone 1, a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L. The zone is a screening prediction for the county and does not substitute for a test at an address. 91.7 percent of the county's listed communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, per Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.

Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26. US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001.

Feasibility studies

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• Population, American Community Survey 2020-20244,901
• Households2,087
• Average household size2.35
• Median household income$66,213
• Median age46.0

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Cities and places in Thayer.

11 Census places lie wholly or partly in Thayer County. All 11 carry enough published place level data for a page of their own and are linked.