About Thompson

Thompson is a very small town located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 1,938 people and just one neighborhood, Thompson is the 31st largest community in North Dakota.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Thompson is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Thompson is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Thompson who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.06%), management occupations (8.51%), and sales jobs (8.42%).

Thompson is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Thompson's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.83 minutes getting to work every day.

Thompson is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Thompson isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.2% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Thompson is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Thompson Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Thompson is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.70% of adults in Thompson have a college degree.

The per capita income in Thompson in 2000 was $20,536, which is wealthy relative to North Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,144 for a family of four. However, Thompson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Thompson home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Thompson is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Thompson include Norwegian, German, Irish, Polish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Thompson is English.