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Smithville, TN

5,158 Population
5.9 square miles 881.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±4.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb County: 42.2 ±1.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,349 ±$2,466 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in DeKalb County: $28,137 ±$1,932
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$29,507 ±$5,390 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in DeKalb County: $48,484 ±$4,691
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

38.3% ±9.3% (1,885  ±458) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in DeKalb County: 21.4% † 4,323 (±3.8% / ±765)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

17.1 minutes ±3.4 (27,420  ±7,483) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in DeKalb County: 28.7 223,355 (±2.3 / ±21,682)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

2,112 ±184 Number of households
  • DeKalb County: 8,495 ±257
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.4 ±0.2 (4,976  ±48) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 20,245 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

0.7% ±1.7% (8  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 6.8% † 285 (±2.9% / ±121)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

2,187 ±196 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb County: 10,033 ±34
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$153,500 ±$27,260 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in DeKalb County: $206,600 ±$15,581
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

6.2% ±2.9% (320  ±147) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in DeKalb County: 9.5% † 1,930 (±2.9% / ±594.6)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

65.1% ±9.9% (2,314  ±376.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 82.7% 12,019 (±5% / ±731.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
14.2% ±5.6% (506  ±200.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in DeKalb County: 20% † 2,902 (±2.8% / ±404.5)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

10.1% ±3.9% (520  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in DeKalb County: 5% 1,019
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

6% ±3.3% (229  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in DeKalb County: 8% † 1,277 (±1.8% / ±283)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
229 Total veterans ±126 229 Male ±126 N/A Female ±19

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