Best PlacesThompsons, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thompsons, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Thompsons ranks 857th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Thompsons
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' strengths and weaknesses
Where Thompsons ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$148,034 median, better than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
Where Thompsons ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 23% of towns
- Short commute30.2 minutes each way, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thompsons
A household needs to earn about $159,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thompsons home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $148,034; 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' effective rate of 1.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Thompsons
Thompsons runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Thompsons.
Who works in Thompsons, and how
Work in Thompsons centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Thompsons
The coast is about 52 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Thompsons, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Thompsons, month by month
Thompsons sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 54° | 45° |
| April | 80° | 70° | 60° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Thompsons
William P Hobby sits about 21 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 101 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Thompsons
Schools across Thompsons average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Commonwealth ElA+ · 79% proficient
- Sienna Crossing ElA · 69% proficient
- Scanlan Oaks ElA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fort Settlement MiddleA+ · 80% proficient
- Reading J HA · 65% proficient
- Billy Baines MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridge Point H SA · 69% proficient
- George Ranch H SA · 68% proficient
- Lawrence E Elkins H SA− · 64% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thompsons school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thompsons 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thompsons
Is Thompsons a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thompsons ranks 857th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, what local pay buys, and a strong job market, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thompsons expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $547,469. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $148,034 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Thompsons safe?
Thompsons is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $418 per resident a year.
Compare Thompsons with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thompsons. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thompsons 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thompsons: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thompsons: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thompsons: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thompsons: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thompsons 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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