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Smithville township, Brunswick County, NC

19,581 Population
77.8 square miles 251.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Brunswick County: 56.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,602 ±$4,265 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Brunswick County: $44,565 ±$1,634
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$79,226 ±$8,129 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Brunswick County: $74,034 ±$2,420
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

7.6% ±1.8% (1,467  ±370) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Brunswick County: 9.4% † 13,570 (±1% / ±1,459)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.3 minutes ±3.4 (160,770  ±28,364) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Brunswick County: 25.6 1,292,160 (±0.7 / ±49,202)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

9,010 ±614 Number of households
  • Brunswick County: 64,436 ±942
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.2 (19,414  ±1,244) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Brunswick County: 2.3 144,961 (±0 / ±22)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.6% ±3.8% (148  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Brunswick County: 6.3% † 1,486 (±1.2% / ±289)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

18,077 ±627 Number of housing units
  • Brunswick County: 93,977 ±81
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$397,600 ±$29,758 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Brunswick County: $314,700 ±$9,228
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.6% ±3.5% (2,843  ±713.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Brunswick County: 11.9% 17,181 (±1.2% / ±1,675.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

95.2% ±9% (16,274  ±1,018.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brunswick County: 93.3% 109,509 (±2% / ±2,338.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
37.5% ±1% (6,415  ±478.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brunswick County: 33.2% 38,981 (±1.1% / ±1,283.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

2% ±0.7% (381  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Brunswick County: 3.4% 4,987
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

12.4% ±1.6% (2,194  ±316) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brunswick County: 11.2% 13,986 (±0.8% / ±1,017)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,194 Total veterans ±316 2,028 Male ±300 166 Female ±95

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