Crescent City vs Smith River

A side-by-side comparison of Crescent City and Smith River: population, income, housing, and more.

Crescent City and Smith River are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crescent City has the higher population (6,180 vs 1,270 in Smith River). Smith River has the higher median household income ($100,461 vs $41,131 in Crescent City). Smith River has the higher median home value ($345,800 vs $290,500 in Crescent City).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent City	Smith River
Population	6,180	1,270
Median age	37.5 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,131	$100,461
Median home value	$290,500	$345,800
Median gross rent	$1,127	—
Housing units	2,088	425
Homeownership rate	38.0%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent City	Smith River
Population	6,676 → 6,180 (-7.4%)	498 → 1,270 (+155.0%)
Median household income	$32,137 → $41,131 (+28.0%)	$69,167 → $100,461 (+45.2%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $290,500 (+75.7%)	$227,900 → $345,800 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,127 (+34.0%)	—

Crescent City

Population

6,6766,180

Median household income

$32,137$41,131

Median home value

$165,300$290,500

Median gross rent

$841$1,127

Smith River

Population

4981,270

Median household income

$69,167$100,461

Median home value

$227,900$345,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent City	Smith River
Under 5	3.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.7%	26.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	12.0%
25 to 34	21.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	20.1%	19.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	3.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	6.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.7%
75 and over	3.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent City	Smith River
White (non-Hispanic)	47.2%	52.8%
Black or African American	10.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	20.6%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.6%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent City	Smith River
No high school diploma	26.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.8%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent City	Smith River
Drove alone	46.1%	94.0%
Carpooled	28.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	6.0%
Walked	13.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	0.0%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent City	Smith River
1-unit, detached	42.8%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Crescent City	Smith River
Poverty rate	19.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	38	13
Median year structure built	1976	1976