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.Thompson is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Thompson is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Thompson who work in sales jobs (12.86%), office and administrative support (9.61%), and management occupations (8.85%). A relatively large number of people in Thompson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.86% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. In Thompson, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.23 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Thompson is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of people in Thompson who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.67% of adults in Thompson have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Thompson in 2022 was $42,761, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $171,044 for a family of four. However, Thompson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Thompson is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. 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, Irish, French Canadian, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in Thompson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
