Norris vs Smithfield

A side-by-side comparison of Norris and Smithfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Norris and Smithfield are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Norris has the higher population (269 vs 169 in Smithfield). Norris has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $61,250 in Smithfield). Norris has the higher median home value ($69,400 vs $52,000 in Smithfield).

Population, income & housing

	Norris	Smithfield
Population	269	169
Median age	37.1 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$61,250
Median home value	$69,400	$52,000
Median gross rent	$839	—
Housing units	101	112
Homeownership rate	84.8%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	19.9%	14.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norris	Smithfield
Population	161 → 269 (+67.1%)	189 → 169 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$40,833 → $61,667 (+51.0%)	$40,250 → $61,250 (+52.2%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $69,400 (+9.6%)	$48,800 → $52,000 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $839 (+25.2%)	—

Norris

Population

161269

Median household income

$40,833$61,667

Median home value

$63,300$69,400

Median gross rent

$670$839

Smithfield

Population

189169

Median household income

$40,250$61,250

Median home value

$48,800$52,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norris	Smithfield
Under 5	0.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	36.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	4.5%	3.6%
35 to 44	21.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	4.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	13.6%
75 and over	8.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norris	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norris	Smithfield
No high school diploma	7.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	56.9%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norris	Smithfield
Drove alone	94.0%	86.3%
Carpooled	0.9%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norris	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	98.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Norris	Smithfield
Poverty rate	13.4%	18.3%
Average household size	2.92	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	13	39
Median year structure built	1949	1938