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Smithfield township, Johnston County, NC

20,790 Population
65.7 square miles 316.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Johnston County: 38.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,229 ±$3,455 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Johnston County: $38,897 ±$1,109
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,049 ±$8,040 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Johnston County: $83,384 ±$2,239
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23% ±6.7% (4,551  ±1,381) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Johnston County: 10.6% † 24,646 (±1.1% / ±2,636)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±1.7 (221,355  ±27,416) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnston County: 32.3 3,151,545 (±0.6 / ±94,104)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,560 ±616 Number of households
  • Johnston County: 85,591 ±730
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0 (20,175  ±1,650) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Johnston County: 2.7 232,417 (±0 / ±59)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±2.8% (258  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Johnston County: 5.9% † 3,344 (±1% / ±549)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,218 ±604 Number of housing units
  • Johnston County: 91,218 ±65
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$269,400 ±$21,443 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Johnston County: $305,600 ±$6,039
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.8% ±2% (1,400  ±434.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Johnston County: 9.1% † 21,109 (±1% / ±2,208.1)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.7% ±5.5% (11,850  ±1,152.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Johnston County: 90.5% 141,994 (±2.1% / ±3,274.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.8% ±4.4% (3,153  ±645.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Johnston County: 28.9% 45,373 (±1.2% / ±1,823.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds of 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

14% ±4.5% (2,909  ±970) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Johnston County: 8.3% 19,441
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±2% (1,019  ±310) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Johnston County: 7.4% 13,032 (±0.6% / ±1,109)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,019 Total veterans ±310 992 Male ±307 27 Female ±32

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