Smithville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 5,546 people and four associated neighborhoods, Smithville is the 117th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Smithville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.91% of the Smithville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Smithville is a city 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 (16.64%), sales jobs (8.26%), and healthcare (7.99%). 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 16.79 minutes getting to work every day.The education level of Smithville citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.00% of adults 25 and older in Smithville have a college degree. The per capita income in Smithville in 2022 was $19,779, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,116 for a family of four. However, Smithville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Smithville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.44% 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 Asian. Smithville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.23% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Smithville include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Smithville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
