Simsbury Center vs Thompsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Simsbury Center and Thompsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

Simsbury Center and Thompsonville are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thompsonville has the higher population (7,473 vs 6,326 in Simsbury Center). Simsbury Center has the higher median household income ($141,688 vs $71,714 in Thompsonville). Simsbury Center has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $235,200 in Thompsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Simsbury Center	Thompsonville
Population	6,326	7,473
Median age	46.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$141,688	$71,714
Median home value	$372,400	$235,200
Median gross rent	$2,177	$1,364
Housing units	2,715	3,395
Homeownership rate	63.9%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.8%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Simsbury Center	Thompsonville
Population	6,154 → 6,326 (+2.8%)	8,701 → 7,473 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$114,231 → $141,688 (+24.0%)	$46,257 → $71,714 (+55.0%)
Median home value	$301,900 → $372,400 (+23.4%)	$178,900 → $235,200 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,496 → $2,177 (+45.5%)	$1,114 → $1,364 (+22.4%)

Simsbury Center

Population

6,1546,326

Median household income

$114,231$141,688

Median home value

$301,900$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,496$2,177

Thompsonville

Population

8,7017,473

Median household income

$46,257$71,714

Median home value

$178,900$235,200

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,364

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Simsbury Center	Thompsonville
Under 5	4.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	16.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.8%
75 and over	10.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Simsbury Center	Thompsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	65.1%
Black or African American	4.3%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	12.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Simsbury Center	Thompsonville
No high school diploma	1.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	8.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	29.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Simsbury Center	Thompsonville
Drove alone	57.7%	81.2%
Carpooled	2.8%	9.1%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.6%	8.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Simsbury Center	Thompsonville
1-unit, detached	66.2%	35.6%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	36.2%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	5.4%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Simsbury Center	Thompsonville
Poverty rate	5.5%	16.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1971	1954