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Smithfield, VA

8,834 Population
9.7 square miles 908.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,166 ±$7,831 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $44,050 ±$501
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$113,158 ±$13,073 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $82,330 ±$711
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.4% ±2.2% (474  ±195) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 10.8% 187,432 (±0.4% / ±6,216)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.1 minutes ±2.6 (104,855  ±14,686) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 24.9 19,536,284 (±0.2 / ±216,039)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,584 ±203 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 707,408 ±1,892
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (8,711  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,733,276 (±0 / ±638)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±4.8% (127  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.2% 22,303 (±0.3% / ±1,234)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,766 ±212 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 763,678 ±332
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$374,900 ±$18,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $340,900 ±$2,129
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±3.5% (715  ±301.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.5% 255,836 (±0.4% / ±6,242.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.1% ±8.3% (6,373  ±593.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 93% 1,134,079 (±0.7% / ±8,047.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.9% ±5.2% (2,447  ±356.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 35.8% 436,823 (±0.4% / ±4,757.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.2% ±1.6% (278  ±141) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.9% 122,588
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

18% ±3.3% (1,270  ±239) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.9% 194,678 (±0.3% / ±3,352)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,270 Total veterans ±239 1,136 Male ±227 134 Female ±75

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