Smithville is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,126 people and two associated neighborhoods, Smithville is the 447th largest community in Texas.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.43% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, Smithville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Smithville citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.50% of adults in Smithville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Smithville in 2022 was $37,484, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $149,936 for a family of four. However, Smithville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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 14.51% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Smithville include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Smithville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.