About Smyrna

Smyrna is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 13,539 people and just one neighborhood, Smyrna is the seventh largest community in Delaware.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Smyrna is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Smyrna is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Smyrna who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.19%), sales jobs (10.15%), and food service (5.66%).

Also of interest is that Smyrna has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One of the nice things about Smyrna is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Residents of Smyrna by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 96.7% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Smyrna may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

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

Smyrna Information and Demographics

The citizens of Smyrna are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.71% of adults in Smyrna have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Smyrna in 2000 was $18,975, which is middle income relative to Delaware, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $75,900 for a family of four.

Smyrna is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Smyrna home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Smyrna is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Smyrna include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Smyrna is English. Some people also speak Spanish.