Thatcher is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Thatcher enrolled in college, Thatcher has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Thatcher spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.84 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
In terms of college education, Thatcher is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.56% of adults 25 and older in Thatcher have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Thatcher in 2022 was $27,582, which is middle income relative to Arizona, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,328 for a family of four. However, Thatcher contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Thatcher is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Thatcher home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Thatcher residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Thatcher also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.76% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Thatcher include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Thatcher is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
