About Smithville

Smithville is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,096 people and just one neighborhood, Smithville is the 208th largest community in Arkansas.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Smithville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.9% of the Smithville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Smithville is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Smithville who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.52%), sales jobs (9.35%), and farm management (8.26%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Smithville work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

One downside of living in Smithville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Smithville, the average commute to work is 32.63 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Smithville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Smithville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.68% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

Smithville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Smithville have a very low rate of college education: just 9.66% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Smithville in 2000 was $12,977, which is lower middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $51,908 for a family of four.

The people who call Smithville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Smithville is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Smithville include English, Irish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Smithville is English.