Smithville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 5,392 people and four associated neighborhoods, Smithville is the 117th largest community in Tennessee.Smithville is a blue-collar town, with 43.40% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Smithville is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Smithville who work in office and administrative support (13.50%), sales jobs (6.84%), and management occupations (5.98%). 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!) Smithville 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. Smithville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Smithville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Smithville may be for you. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.23 minutes getting to work every day. 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.The percentage of adults in Smithville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.23% of adults in Smithville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. 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.
