Fort Dick vs Smith River

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

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

Fort Dick has the higher population (1,349 vs 1,270 in Smith River). Smith River has the higher median household income ($100,461 vs $76,204 in Fort Dick). Smith River has the higher median home value ($345,800 vs $287,500 in Fort Dick).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Dick	Smith River
Population	1,349	1,270
Median age	52.4 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,204	$100,461
Median home value	$287,500	$345,800
Housing units	552	425
Homeownership rate	97.5%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Dick	Smith River
Population	1,097 → 1,349 (+23.0%)	498 → 1,270 (+155.0%)
Median household income	$70,511 → $76,204 (+8.1%)	$69,167 → $100,461 (+45.2%)
Median home value	$336,000 → $287,500 (-14.4%)	$227,900 → $345,800 (+51.7%)

Fort Dick

Population

1,0971,349

Median household income

$70,511$76,204

Median home value

$336,000$287,500

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)

	Fort Dick	Smith River
Under 5	2.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	26.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	12.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	19.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	3.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	6.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.7%
75 and over	16.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Dick	Smith River
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	52.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	20.6%
Asian	7.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Dick	Smith River
No high school diploma	20.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.4%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Dick	Smith River
Drove alone	72.6%	94.0%
Carpooled	17.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	6.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Dick	Smith River
1-unit, detached	74.5%	66.8%
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	25.5%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Dick	Smith River
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.78	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	12	13
Median year structure built	1981	1976