Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Among 156 Connecticut towns, just one has a lower average commute than Thompsonville. The biggest park or preserve is Lafayette Park, at 20 acres. We don’t grade Thompsonville yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Thompsonville beats most towns.
Where Thompsonville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1869.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Thompsonville. Close and well known come first.
8 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
3 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
Big draw39 mi LakeLake Chaubunagungamaug
16 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
16 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
30 mi LakeQuabbin ReservoirSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · Lake Chaubunagungamaug: Bree from Worcester, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0
Thompsonville is unincorporated, so Hartford County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Thompsonville.
For residents in Thompsonville, the share who live below the poverty line is 19%. Most people who work leave Thompsonville to do it: just 5% work in town. Also worth knowing: jobs in Thompsonville grew by 1,037 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 2,445. The town’s middle household income is $72,000, below both Connecticut’s towns ($109,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Thompsonville | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.9% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Thompsonville than in 77% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 85% come from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The range runs from 18° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 52 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Thompsonville, just over a third of adults have obesity, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 30% and U.S. towns at 35%. Among adults in the town, 36% feel lonely. The town does better than the Connecticut average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 19.
| Thompsonville | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 8.8% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 31% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 33% | 36% |
| What stands out | Thompsonville | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.4% | 8.5% |
| More smokers | 15.2% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Count the trails in 3 parks and preserves and they come to 0.1 miles. Only 6 of the 156 Connecticut towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Thompsonville.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lafayette Park | — | 20 |
| 2. Enfield Town Green | — | 13 |
| 3. D'Aleo Park | 0.1 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On the market in Thompsonville: a median 20 days to sell. The median sale price was $357,000 in September 2026. 61% of the homes sold in Thompsonville went for more than their asking price.
| Thompsonville | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 40% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,404 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
10 within 15 miles of the center of Thompsonville
About 5 of every 100 Thompsonville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
Thompsonville is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Enfield, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Thompsonville had a population of 8,514.
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4 towns share a border with Thompsonville.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompsonville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enfield | #118 | C+ | C | C+ | C | B+ |
| Suffield | #37 | A− | C | A | A− | A |
| Southwood Acres | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sherwood Manor | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Thompsonville, Southwood Acres and Sherwood Manor aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Thompsonville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Thompsonville yet; the figures below are still real.
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