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.
One of the benefits of Smithville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.23 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Smithville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Smithville rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.23% 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 $17,349, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,396 for a family of four. Smithville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.31% 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 18.84% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Smithville include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Smithville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
