Harrington vs Smyrna

A side-by-side comparison of Harrington and Smyrna: population, income, housing, and more.

Harrington and Smyrna are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smyrna has the higher population (13,031 vs 3,805 in Harrington). Harrington has the higher median household income ($72,606 vs $70,473 in Smyrna). Smyrna has the higher median home value ($273,400 vs $222,100 in Harrington).

Population, income & housing

	Harrington	Smyrna
Population	3,805	13,031
Median age	30.7 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,606	$70,473
Median home value	$222,100	$273,400
Median gross rent	$1,136	$1,398
Housing units	1,669	5,227
Homeownership rate	62.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrington	Smyrna
Population	3,652 → 3,805 (+4.2%)	11,484 → 13,031 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$50,160 → $72,606 (+44.7%)	$67,277 → $70,473 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $222,100 (+22.5%)	$206,400 → $273,400 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $1,136 (+21.4%)	$1,110 → $1,398 (+25.9%)

Harrington

Population

3,6523,805

Median household income

$50,160$72,606

Median home value

$181,300$222,100

Median gross rent

$936$1,136

Smyrna

Population

11,48413,031

Median household income

$67,277$70,473

Median home value

$206,400$273,400

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrington	Smyrna
Under 5	12.1%	10.9%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	19.6%	17.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	8.1%	8.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	9.2%
75 and over	5.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrington	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	54.9%
Black or African American	13.8%	30.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrington	Smyrna
No high school diploma	8.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	33.8%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrington	Smyrna
Drove alone	82.2%	80.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	11.5%
Other means	2.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrington	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	71.8%	46.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	31.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	15.2%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Harrington	Smyrna
Poverty rate	10.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1969	2002