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Smyrna, DE
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Smyrna profile


Living in Smyrna



Smyrna is a somewhat small town located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 13,294 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Smyrna is the seventh largest community in Delaware. Much of the housing stock in Smyrna was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Smyrna economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Smyrna, where the median household income is $63,794.00.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.57% 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.

One downside of living in Smyrna is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Smyrna, the average commute to work is 31.05 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The education level of Smyrna citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.37% of adults in Smyrna have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Smyrna in 2018 was $33,143, 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 $132,572 for a family of four. However, Smyrna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Smyrna is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Smyrna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Smyrna residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Smyrna also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.36% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Smyrna include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.

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