
West Virginia · Census place 74788
Smithfield, WV population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Smithfield, West Virginia (Smithfield, WV — Census place “Smithfield town”) is 111 residents, ranking #381 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Smithfield West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Smithfield, WV: 26437.
- Population
- 111Smithfield town residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 44.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 62.3%Owner-occupied households
Smithfield ZIP codes (West Virginia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Smithfield.
The Smithfield WV ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Smithfield town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
Poverty affects 45.9% of residents and 62.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Smithfield town, WV in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Smithfield town is a very small community in West Virginia, with 111 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #381 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 13% of them. The median age here is 44.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Smithfield town earn a median of not published a year. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 45.9% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Smithfield town is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 62.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 111 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Smithfield town against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld household income, home value, gross rent for Smithfield town because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in West Virginia.
- Charleston city 47,918
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- Wheeling city 26,670
- Martinsburg city 18,805
- Weirton city 18,785
- Fairmont city 18,303
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Smithfield town?
- Smithfield town has 111 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #381 of 439 in West Virginia.
- What is the median household income in Smithfield town?
- Median household income in Smithfield town is not published a year.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Smithfield town?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is not published.
- Is Smithfield town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Smithfield town to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Smithfield 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.