Best PlacesThompsonville, UT 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. 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.
Thompsonville ranks 48,289th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is 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
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 75% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 95 pleasant days a year, better than 65% of towns
Where Thompsonville ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$34,613 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thompsonville
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thompsonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $34,613, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 0.33%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Thompsonville
Thompsonville runs older than the country, 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 Thompsonville.
Who works in Thompsonville, and how
Work in Thompsonville centers on construction and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 45%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
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 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 99° | 85° | 70° |
| October | 66° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Thompsonville
The nearest airport, Cedar City Regional, is about 68 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 166 miles away.
The best schools in and around Thompsonville
Schools across Thompsonville average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Belknap SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Oscarson SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Piute HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Beaver HighC · 33% 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 48,289th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and quiet, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. 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 $295,710. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $34,613 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Thompsonville safe?
Thompsonville is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $539 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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