What is the population of Smithsburg town?

Smithsburg town has 3,069 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #241 of 536 in Maryland.

What is the median household income in Smithsburg town?

Median household income in Smithsburg town is $86,065 a year, 9.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $899 a month and the median home value is $317,600, so rent absorbs about 12.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Smithsburg town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Smithsburg, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Smithsburg, Maryland (Smithsburg, MD — Census place “Smithsburg town”) is 3,069 residents, ranking #241 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $86,065, the median home is worth $317,600 and median gross rent runs $899 a month. Looking for the Smithsburg Maryland ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Smithsburg, MD: 21783.

Population: 3,069Smithsburg town residents
Median household income: $86,065Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $317,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $899Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66%Owner-occupied households

Smithsburg ZIP codes (Maryland)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Smithsburg.

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

21783

What the numbers mean in Smithsburg town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Smithsburg town median would spend about 12.5% 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 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.8% of residents and 66% of households own their home.

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

Smithsburg town, MD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Smithsburg town is a small town in Maryland, with 3,069 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #241 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 55% of them. The median age here is 34.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Smithsburg town earn a median of $86,065 a year, 9.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Smithsburg town is valued at $317,600, 4.7% above the national figure and 20% below the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $899 a month, 36.1% below the national figure, or roughly $10,788 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.

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 Smithsburg town?: Smithsburg town has 3,069 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #241 of 536 in Maryland.
What is the median household income in Smithsburg town?: Median household income in Smithsburg town is $86,065 a year, 9.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Smithsburg town?: Median gross rent is $899 a month and the median home value is $317,600, so rent absorbs about 12.5% of median household income.
Is Smithsburg town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Smithsburg town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Smithsburg town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.