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Smithfield, NC

11,798 Population
12.7 square miles 928.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,031 ±$4,299 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $49,462 ±$517
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$37,827 ±$7,129 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $96,066 ±$1,180
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

31.4% ±7.3% (3,410  ±804) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 8.6% 121,749 (±0.4% / ±5,784)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24 minutes ±3.9 (91,255  ±18,669) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 26.9 15,382,645 (±0.2 / ±199,852)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

4,765 ±474 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 555,371 ±2,098
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (11,168  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.6 1,425,138 (±0 / ±264)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.1% ±1.5% (27  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 5.1% 18,954 (±0.4% / ±1,468)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

5,447 ±488 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 601,103 ±233
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$217,000 ±$14,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $381,000 ±$3,041
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

8.4% ±2.5% (985  ±291.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 14.3% 205,709 (±0.5% / ±7,068.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

78.8% ±8.3% (6,505  ±790.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 92.9% 913,703 (±0.8% / ±8,178.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
26% ±6.4% (2,144  ±542.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 50.2% 493,829 (±0.6% / ±5,677.8)
  • about three-quarters of 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

8.8% ±3.3% (1,039  ±385) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.1% 190,438
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.3% ±2.5% (749  ±230) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 6.2% 68,663 (±0.2% / ±2,244)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
749 Total veterans ±230 680 Male ±229 69 Female ±76

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