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Smithtown town, Suffolk County, NY

115,461 Population
53.8 square miles 2,148.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$61,644 ±$3,888 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $53,222 ±$1,068
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$146,876 ±$6,167 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $124,045 ±$3,226
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

5.2% ±1.7% (5,878  ±1,953) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Suffolk County: 6.8% 101,811 (±0.6% / ±8,521)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

33 minutes ±0.7 (1,675,450  ±60,716) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 31.7 21,735,770 (±0.3 / ±250,599)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

39,794 ±1,845 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 508,809 ±3,580
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.8 ±0.1 (113,086  ±70) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Suffolk County: 2.9 1,495,492 (±0 / ±915)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246

4.8% ±1.9% (1,137  ±449) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 5.4% † 17,755 (±0.6% / ±2,091)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

41,023 ±1,773 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 581,867 ±316
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$658,100 ±$14,400 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $584,800 ±$6,380
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

3.5% ±1.2% (4,047  ±1,325.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Suffolk County: 6.7% 100,431 (±0.6% / ±8,717.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

96.1% ±3.9% (79,738  ±4,382.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 91.4% 982,385 (±1.5% / ±15,768.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
52.2% ±2.9% (43,319  ±2,878.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Suffolk County: 40.4% 434,381 (±0.9% / ±9,999.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.2% ±2.4% (10,625  ±2,759) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Suffolk County: 17.2% 261,745
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996

4.3% ±1% (4,004  ±939) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 4.1% 49,650 (±0.3% / ±3,192)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
4,004 Total veterans ±939 3,856 Male ±943 148 Female ±140

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