Missouri · Census place 2972826
Thayer, Missouri
Thayer is a city in Oregon County, Missouri with an estimated 1,904 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 248th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,904
- #248 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +1.3%
- +25 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Density
- 780 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Thayer population, 2020 to 2024
Thayer added 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Thayer covers 2.44 square miles of land, for 780 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Thayer is less dense than the typical town.
What county Thayer is in
All of Thayer's residents live in Oregon County, which had 8,699 residents in 2024. Thayer holds 21.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Thayer
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Thayer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65791. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Thayer is
The Census internal point of Thayer is at 36.522400, -91.540800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 146.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cherokee Village, AR (4,979 people), 16.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 107.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.522400, -91.540800
- DMS
- 36°31'20.64"N 91°32'26.88"W
- UTM
- 15N 630645.5E 4042883.0N
- Geohash
- 9yqzubwn2
- Plus code
- 868CGFC5+XM
Daylight in Thayer
At 36.52° N, Thayer gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Thayer
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is West Plains, 23.4 miles away, with 12,704 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Thayer, MO?
1,904 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 25 (1.3%) from 1,879 in July 2020.
What county is Thayer in?
Oregon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Thayer?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65791.
How far is Thayer from Jefferson City?
146.3 miles (235.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Thayer.
What is the nearest larger city to Thayer?
Cherokee Village, AR, with 4,979 residents, 16.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.