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Thompson, CT
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Living in Thompson



Thompson is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 9,385 people and two associated neighborhoods, Thompson is the 103rd largest community in Connecticut.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.40% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Thompson has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Thompson a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Thompson, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.32 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Thompson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Thompson are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.49% of adults in Thompson having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Thompson in 2022 was $46,885, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $187,540 for a family of four. However, Thompson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Thompson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Thompson residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Thompson include French, Polish, Irish, English, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Thompson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.


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