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SheetUT-THATCHER-UT · Thatcher, UT 1,094 pop · income 72nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Thatcher
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Thatcher on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Girardville · lowest
37,639
Girardville · lowest
37,639 median HH income
15.1% of the leader · rank #1
Thatcher · this city
91,042
Thatcher · this city
91,042 median HH income
36.4% of the leader · rank #2
North Palm Be… · near
91,042
North Palm Be… · near
91,042 median HH income
36.4% of the leader · rank #3
Garden Valley · near
91,042
Garden Valley · near
91,042 median HH income
36.4% of the leader · rank #4
Peekskill · near
91,042
Peekskill · near
91,042 median HH income
36.4% of the leader · rank #5
Kahlotus · near
91,042
Kahlotus · near
91,042 median HH income
36.4% of the leader · rank #6
La Honda · highest
250,001
La Honda · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Thatcher on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,094.
Nationally, Thatcher sits in the 72nd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
72nd
percentile, household income
69th
percentile, home value
60th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Thatcher, UT
Thatcher is a small town in Utah, home to 1,094 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Thatcher households earn a median of $91,042 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.5%. Typical homes in Thatcher are valued around $327,800, and the median resident age is 36.2 years. About 25.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 64.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Utah tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Utah at 98.9 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,313 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Utah's average monthly utility costs around $178 (state average). The average commute for Thatcher workers runs 24.2 minutes, with 59.9% driving alone and 14.1% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.2 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Thatcher's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Thatcher, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Thatcher?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Thatcher?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Spring City (1,094 residents, $65,139 income); Hideout (1,111 residents, $76,912 income); Timber Lakes (966 residents, $49,435 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are La Honda, CA (1,094 residents); Astoria, IL (1,094 residents); Chase, PA (1,094 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Thatcher?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 59.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 24.2 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate B+
3.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B
$91,042
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C-
25.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
98.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Thatcher profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 75/100 (B+) · 3.5%
Household income: 70/100 (B) · $91,042
Bachelor's+ share: 51/100 (C-) · 25.9%
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
How does Thatcher compare to other US cities?
Where Thatcher sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income72% higher than other cities
Home value69% pricier than other cities
Median rent60% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Thatcher against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Utah only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Utah-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Thatcher near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Thatcher ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Thatcher only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#119 of 293
59th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#193 of 301
36th percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#176 of 310
42nd percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#172 of 310
45th percentile in Utah
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Utah only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
72nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Thatcher's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$327,80031st percentilemore affordable than 31% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Thatcher's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,365 of 15,516
More affordable than 40% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,512 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.6×, Thatcher sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,365 of 15,516 and #7,512 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$91,042Thatcher, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Thatcher, UT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Thatcher, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,094
Median Income
$91,042
Median Home Value
$327,800
Median Age
36.2
Poverty Rate
3.5%
Labor force participation
64.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
25.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
24.2 minutes
Drive Alone
59.9%
Carpool
25.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
14.1%
Based on 559 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Utah statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $178
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Utah at $178 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Utah statewide averages, not a meter reading for Thatcher. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Utah's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.9 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Thatcher is $1,313/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Utah statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Utah statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Thatcher sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Thatcher compares to similar-size Utah cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.