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The city lies along a branch of the Spring River, with the downtown section lying on a low bluff overlooking the stream. A notable natural attraction in the area is "Grand Gulf," a canyon formed by the collapse of an underground cave system, a few miles to the west. Thayer has a total land area of 2.44 square miles, and an average elevation of 528 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city lies along a branch of the Spring River, with the downtown section lying on a low bluff overlooking the stream. A notable natural attraction in the area is "Grand Gulf," a canyon formed by the collapse of an underground cave system, a few miles to the west. Thayer has a total land area of 2.44 square miles, and an average elevation of 528 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Thayer had a total of 2,243 inhabitants, grouped into 955 households, with a population density of 919.3 people per square mile. This figure represented a slight increase from the 2000 census, when Thayer had a population of 2,201. 96.39% of the inhabitants were White, 0.09% were African-American, 0.94% were Native American, 0.36% were Asian, 0.04% were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.18% were from some other race, and 2.01% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 1.65% of the population.
The median age in Thayer was 42.7 years, with 23.5% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 8.8% between 18 and 24 years old, 20.3% between 25 and 44, 26.5% between 45 and 64, and 21.0% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 46.9% male, 53.1% female.<ref>http://censusviewer.com/city/MO/Thayer</ref>
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Thayer had a median household income of $27,181, and a median family income of $40,558. The unemployment rate was 2.3%. The per capita income was $16,835. About 28.5% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 43.0% of people under the age of 18 and 20.2% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2972826&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
==Education==
Thayer and the surrounding area are served by the Thayer R-II School District, a PK-12 public institution with a total enrollment of around 740 students.<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/thayer/thayer-r_ii-school-district/</ref> Its mascot is the Bobcats, and the school colors are green, black, and white.<ref>http://www.thayer.k12.mo.us/</ref>
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