Smiths Grove is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 778 people and two associated neighborhoods, Smiths Grove is the 285th largest community in Kentucky. Smiths Grove real estate is some of the most expensive in Kentucky, although Smiths Grove house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.When you are in Smiths Grove, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.85% of Smiths Grove’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Smiths Grove is a city of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Smiths Grove who work in office and administrative support (16.02%), sales jobs (7.46%), and maintenance occupations (5.52%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Smiths Grove has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Smiths Grove has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Smiths Grove than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Smiths Grove may be for you. As is often the case in a small city, Smiths Grove doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Smiths Grove, just 12.59% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Smiths Grove in 2022 was $29,384, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,536 for a family of four. However, Smiths Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Smiths Grove is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Smiths Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Smiths Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Smiths Grove include Irish, German, English, Norwegian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Smiths Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Persian and Italian.
