Best PlacesThompsons Store, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thompsons Store, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Thompsons Store ranks 37,838th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Thompsons Store
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Thompsons Store's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thompsons Store ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
Where Thompsons Store ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- Household income$49,100 median, better than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thompsons Store
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thompsons Store home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $49,100; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Thompsons Store's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Thompsons Store
Thompsons Store runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Thompsons Store.
Who works in Thompsons Store, and how
Work in Thompsons Store centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Thompsons Store
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Thompsons Store.
What the weather is like in Thompsons Store, month by month
Thompsons Store sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 74° | 58° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Thompsons Store
Nashville International sits about 77 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Thompsons Store
Schools across Thompsons Store average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hermitage Springs Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Clay County High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thompsons Store school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thompsons Store measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Thompsons Store against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thompsons Store
Is Thompsons Store a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thompsons Store ranks 37,838th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, state finances, and quiet, and lowest on health outcomes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thompsons Store expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,500. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $49,100 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Thompsons Store safe?
Thompsons Store is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $379 per resident a year.
Compare Thompsons Store with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thompsons Store. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thompsons Store represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Thompsons Store detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thompsons Store: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thompsons Store: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thompsons Store: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thompsons Store: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thompsons Store detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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