Powhatan vs Smithville

A side-by-side comparison of Powhatan and Smithville: population, income, housing, and more.

Powhatan and Smithville are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Powhatan has the higher population (194 vs 106 in Smithville). Smithville has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $60,556 in Powhatan). Since 2019, Powhatan's population has grown faster (+181.2% vs +10.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Powhatan	Smithville
Population	194	106
Median age	30.3 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,556	$62,917
Median home value	—	$94,000
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	59	39
Homeownership rate	87.0%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	19.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powhatan	Smithville
Population	69 → 194 (+181.2%)	96 → 106 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$58,438 → $60,556 (+3.6%)	$55,750 → $62,917 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$60,600 → $85,000 (+40.3%)	$67,300 → $94,000 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$438 → $850 (+94.1%)

Powhatan

Population

69194

Median household income

$58,438$60,556

Median home value

$60,600$85,000

Smithville

Population

96106

Median household income

$55,750$62,917

Median home value

$67,300$94,000

Median gross rent

$438$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Powhatan	Smithville
Under 5	7.7%	13.2%
5 to 17	24.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	18.9%
25 to 34	25.3%	23.6%
35 to 44	17.5%	8.5%
45 to 54	0.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	2.8%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powhatan	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powhatan	Smithville
No high school diploma	9.8%	21.1%
High school graduate	67.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	9.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powhatan	Smithville
Drove alone	62.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	37.3%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powhatan	Smithville
1-unit, detached	76.3%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Powhatan	Smithville
Poverty rate	25.3%	29.1%
Average household size	3.59	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	34	41
Median year structure built	1976	1986