Thompson TownshipOH
A town of 2,159, settled in 1825.
Is Thompson Township a good place to live?
The best of Thompson Township’s subject grades is an A− for civic life. On hazard risk, just 157 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Thompson Township's schools rank ahead of 71% of Ohio towns. Only 9 of the 994 Ohio towns we compare have a lower July high than Thompson Township. The biggest park or preserve is Thompson Ledge Township Park, at 54 acres. Thompson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Thompson Township stand out
Where Thompson Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Thompson Township for work
Where Thompson Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Thompson Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Thompson Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Thompson Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Thompson Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Thompson Township.
Thompson Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Thompson Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Thompson Township for work: only 3% work in town. Thompson Township’s average trip to work is 28 minutes, above both Ohio’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Thompson Township has added 51 jobs, to 297 in 2023.
| Thompson Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical Thompson Township home is worth about $319K
The typical Thompson Township home is worth about $319,000, up 6% in a year, 29% above the Ohio typical home. 93% of households own their home in Thompson Township, against 77% in Ohio’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
| Thompson Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,049 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Thompson Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Thompson Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 18° and about 114 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Thompson Township ranks healthier than 56% of the country’s towns
Thompson Township beats the Ohio average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of adults report frequent mental distress in Thompson Township.
| Thompson Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Thompson Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.8% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Thompson Township has set aside 3.6% of its land for conservation
0.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Thompson Ledge Township Park | 0.4 mi | 54 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 46 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Thompson Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw40 mi LakeLake Erie
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
35 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
32 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
35 mi Stadium & arenaRocket ArenaPhoto credits
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Erie: NOAA, Public domain · Progressive Field: Jsawczuk, Public domain · Huntington Bank Field: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Rocket Arena: Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Thompson Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Thompson Township
About 4 of every 100 Thompson Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Thompson Township
Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.
Thompson is an unincorporated community in Thompson Township, Geauga County, in the U.S. state of Ohio at an elevation of 1270 ft (287 m). The Thompson Ledges, an important geologic and topographic feature of northeast Ohio, are located nearby.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Elevation
- 1,270 ft
- ZIP code
- 44086
Thompson Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Thompson Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Madison Township | #686 | C+ | B− | — | B− | C |
| Montville Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Trumbull Township | — | — | D | — | B− | C− |
| Leroy Township | #605 | B− | C | — | B+ | C+ |
Thompson Township, Montville Township and Trumbull Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Thompson Township, Madison Township, Montville Township, Trumbull Township and Leroy Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Thompson Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Thompson Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Thompson Township, OH expensive?
That is 4.5 years of the area's median household income ($70,678 across the Cleveland, OH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.