The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Smithville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Smithville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Smithville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Smithville rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.57% of adults 25 and older in Smithville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Smithville in 2022 was $18,158, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,632 for a family of four. Smithville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.79% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Smithville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Smithville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Smithville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Smithville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.17% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Smithville include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Smithville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
