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Smithfield, VA

8,625 Population
9.7 square miles 886.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 37 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$50,223 ±$4,934 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $40,857 ±$427
  • a little higher than the amount in Virginia: $47,210 ±$250
$101,081 ±$12,826 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $77,082 ±$734
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $87,249 ±$428

12.3% ±4.2% (1,049  ±356) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 10.7% 185,784 (±0.3% / ±5,512)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 10% 836,686 (±0.2% / ±13,817)

29.7 minutes ±4.1 (105,310  ±18,010) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 24.8 20,332,356 (±0.1 / ±178,044)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.9 102,838,440 (±0.1 / ±510,749)

Families

3,418 ±238 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 701,510 ±1,982
  • Virginia: 3,289,776 ±7,149
2.5 ±0.2 (8,535  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,738,319 (±0 / ±429)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,387,705

9.4% ±5.9% (161  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.2% 22,271 (±0.3% / ±1,250)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,601 (±0.1% / ±2,603)

Housing

3,611 ±249 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 761,331 ±324
  • Virginia: 3,625,285 ±444

$344,400 ±$12,266 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $295,900 ±$1,841
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $339,800 ±$1,199

10.3% ±3.5% (866  ±,292.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 15.6% 277,991 (±0.4% / ±6,211.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 14% 1,195,825 (±0.2% / ±13,298.2)

Social

92.8% ±7.4% (5,936  ±,552.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 92.6% 1,127,272 (±0.7% / ±8,020.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.1% 5,393,325 (±0.3% / ±19,092.4)
33.8% ±5.1% (2,164  ±,342.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 34.4% 418,444 (±0.4% / ±4,889.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 41% 2,424,822 (±0.2% / ±12,462.2)

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

3.5% ±1.8% (300  ±151) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.7% 120,619
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,089,605

18.3% ±4% (1,232  ±275) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 15.5% 204,159 (±0.2% / ±3,082)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 654,068 (±0.1% / ±5,127)
1,232 Total veterans ±275 1,038 Male ±271 194 Female ±87

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