Hiouchi vs Smith River

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

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

Smith River has the higher population (1,270 vs 119 in Hiouchi). Hiouchi has the higher median home value ($472,700 vs $345,800 in Smith River). Since 2019, Smith River's population has grown faster (+155.0% vs -51.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Hiouchi	Smith River
Population	119	1,270
Median age	65.5 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$100,461
Median home value	$472,700	$345,800
Housing units	154	425
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hiouchi	Smith River
Population	244 → 119 (-51.2%)	498 → 1,270 (+155.0%)
Median household income	—	$69,167 → $100,461 (+45.2%)
Median home value	$461,600 → $472,700 (+2.4%)	$227,900 → $345,800 (+51.7%)

Hiouchi

Population

244119

Median home value

$461,600$472,700

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)

	Hiouchi	Smith River
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	8.4%	26.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	19.5%
45 to 54	21.8%	3.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	6.9%
65 to 74	30.3%	7.7%
75 and over	23.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hiouchi	Smith River
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	52.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	20.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hiouchi	Smith River
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	62.4%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	9.2%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hiouchi	Smith River
Drove alone	34.0%	94.0%
Carpooled	66.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	6.0%
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)

	Hiouchi	Smith River
1-unit, detached	82.5%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	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	12.3%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Hiouchi	Smith River
Poverty rate	10.1%	7.7%
Average household size	1.70	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1968	1976