A town of 1,757. A typical home worth about $163K.
The 2 things Thomson does most differently from other towns.
Where Thomson’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
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Ordered by what stands out in Thomson. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Thomson home is worth about $163,000, up 6.4% in a year, 45% below the Illinois typical home.
Most working residents leave Thomson for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (8%), Savanna (6%) and Chicago (6%). Half commute less than 46 miles.
Thomson has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 13°, and about 33 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Thomson beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| What stands out | Thomson | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.4% | 7.6% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 17.9% | 24.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.4% | 10.3% |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 56% of U.S. communities.
7 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
Village in Illinois, United States
Thomson is a village along Illinois Route 84 near the Mississippi River in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Thomson had a population of 1,610. Just north of the village is the United States Penitentiary, Thomson, a mostly-unused former state prison, purchased by the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 2012. Currently, USP Thomson houses over 100 low-security inmates as it remodels to federal maximum-security standards. Thomson is known for its watermelons, and it has the nickname "Melon Capital of the World."
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