Thomson, Georgia.
Typical home $195,461 (+3.1% in a year), asking rent $1,000 . Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$575 (+128%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,939 +3%
- $189,522$195,461 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $45,313 +30%
- $150,148$195,461 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Thomson$1,026
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Thomson, GA rose 3.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia
Thomson is a city of 6,814 people in McDuffie County. Half its households earn more than $42,180 a year and half less, against $56,733 across McDuffie County; 29% of its people live below the poverty line. 48% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 52% are rented. Unemployment in McDuffie County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in McDuffie County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Thomson is the seat of McDuffie County in east Georgia, a small city where the typical resident is somewhere in the middle years of adulthood. Household incomes run well below the county's as a whole, and more people live below the poverty line than most would expect in a town this size. More households here rent than own their homes, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild and brief, with cool days and nights that dip just above freezing, while July brings hot summer afternoons.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, retail and professional and business services also employing a good number. Among the biggest workplaces in Thomson are McDuffie County Schools, Walmart and Premier Packaging. Commutes are short, and only a small share of people work from home. Unemployment in the county has eased slightly from a year earlier, and the number of jobs has edged up.
Things to do. Childers Creek is a river a short drive away, the nearest of the outdoor spots. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to Lake Strom Thurmond, a large reservoir, and to Mistletoe State Park, a protected area. Augusta Botanical Gardens, also a longer drive away, is a good choice for a quieter day out.
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- 2,522households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 29%below the poverty line
- 17 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in McDuffie County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. McDuffie County had 7,094 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 35°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 70°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Thomson 1.5se weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Thomson
- McDuffie County SchoolsSchool district580FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters263
- Premier Packaging, LLC- MCDUFFBoxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard55
- Floco FoodsGrocery stores47
- ThomsonMail and parcel delivery24
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 389 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HailRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of ThomsonRelatively moderate
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of ThomsonRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Thomson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on McDuffie County and the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro.
Thomson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Thomson$195,461
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Thomson listings — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Thomson24.21%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Thomson59
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Thomson14
Zip codes with a Thomson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Thomson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.