Smyrna is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 56,516 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Smyrna is the 13th largest community in Tennessee. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Smyrna, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Smyrna, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Smyrna’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Smyrna does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $76,115.00.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.00% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

The overall education level of Smyrna is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.64% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Smyrna in 2018 was $33,549, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,196 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 13.55% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Smyrna include English, German, Irish, Egyptian, and Italian.

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