What is the population of Smyrna town?

Smyrna town has 13,031 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #9 of 79 in Delaware.

What is the median household income in Smyrna town?

Median household income in Smyrna town is $70,473 a year, 10.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Smyrna town?

Median gross rent is $1,398 a month and the median home value is $273,400, so rent absorbs about 23.8% of median household income.

Is Smyrna town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Smyrna town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Smyrna, DE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Smyrna, Delaware (Smyrna, DE — Census place “Smyrna town”) is 13,031 residents, ranking #9 of 79 places in Delaware. Median household income is $70,473, the median home is worth $273,400 and median gross rent runs $1,398 a month. Looking for the Smyrna Delaware ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Smyrna, DE: 19977.

Population: 13,031Smyrna town residents
Median household income: $70,473Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $273,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,398Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 75.5%Owner-occupied households

Smyrna ZIP codes (Delaware)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Smyrna.

The Smyrna DE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

19977

What the numbers mean in Smyrna town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Smyrna town median would spend about 23.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.8% of residents and 75.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Smyrna town, DE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Smyrna town is a mid-size town in Delaware, with 13,031 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #9 of 79 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 34.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Smyrna town earn a median of $70,473 a year, 10.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $75,000 median for the 54 Delaware cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 8.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Smyrna town is valued at $273,400, 9.9% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $280,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,398 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,776 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 75.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Smyrna town?: Smyrna town has 13,031 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #9 of 79 in Delaware.
What is the median household income in Smyrna town?: Median household income in Smyrna town is $70,473 a year, 10.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Smyrna town?: Median gross rent is $1,398 a month and the median home value is $273,400, so rent absorbs about 23.8% of median household income.
Is Smyrna town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Smyrna town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Smyrna town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.