Best PlacesThompsonville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thompsonville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Thompsonville ranks 32,837th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on quiet, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Thompsonville
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.
Thompsonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thompsonville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 71% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 70% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 62% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 60% of towns
Where Thompsonville ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thompsonville
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thompsonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,306, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Thompsonville's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Thompsonville
Thompsonville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Thompsonville.
Who works in Thompsonville, and how
Work in Thompsonville centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Thompsonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Thompsonville.
What the weather is like in Thompsonville, month by month
Thompsonville sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Thompsonville
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Thompsonville
Schools across Thompsonville average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Washington Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Washington County Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington County Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Washington County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thompsonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thompsonville 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 Thompsonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thompsonville
Is Thompsonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thompsonville ranks 32,837th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and low taxes, and lowest on car insurance costs and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thompsonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $187,226. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $65,306 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Thompsonville safe?
Thompsonville is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $274 per resident a year.
Compare Thompsonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thompsonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thompsonville 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.
Thompsonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thompsonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thompsonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thompsonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thompsonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thompsonville 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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