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Thompson town, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

9,337 Population
46.9 square miles 199 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.1 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 44.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$53,331 ±$4,882 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: $47,072 ±$1,533
  • a little less than the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$93,629 ±$17,531 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: $90,589 ±$4,016
  • about the same as the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.9% ±2.5% (552  ±232) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 7.5% † 7,151 (±1.1% / ±1,060)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.8 minutes ±3 (149,625  ±18,556) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 29 1,241,735 (±0.8 / ±46,003)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,130 ±250 Number of households
  • Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 39,412 ±418
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (9,241  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 2.4 94,837 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.8% ±0.9% (13  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 4.7% † 972 (±1.3% / ±263)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,417 ±286 Number of housing units
  • Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 41,736 ±68
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$291,900 ±$23,612 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: $307,600 ±$7,868
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.1% ±3.3% (658  ±310.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 9.1% † 8,641 (±1.2% / ±1,133.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±8.8% (6,932  ±727.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 92.5% 66,337 (±2.5% / ±1,814.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.9% ±4.3% (1,678  ±337) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 26.1% 18,711 (±1.4% / ±1,014.8)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.4% ±2.1% (409  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 4.4% 4,228
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.1% (607  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 7.8% 6,134 (±0.7% / ±564)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
607 Total veterans ±174 584 Male ±170 23 Female ±27

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