Caseyville vs Smithton

A side-by-side comparison of Caseyville and Smithton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caseyville has the higher population (4,170 vs 3,512 in Smithton). Smithton has the higher median household income ($114,453 vs $57,919 in Caseyville). Smithton has the higher median home value ($251,600 vs $94,900 in Caseyville).

Population, income & housing

	Caseyville	Smithton
Population	4,170	3,512
Median age	42.7 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,919	$114,453
Median home value	$94,900	$251,600
Median gross rent	$1,157	$857
Housing units	1,622	1,418
Homeownership rate	72.4%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caseyville	Smithton
Population	4,179 → 4,170 (-0.2%)	3,996 → 3,512 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$53,082 → $57,919 (+9.1%)	$78,073 → $114,453 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $94,900 (+17.0%)	$170,900 → $251,600 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,157 (+19.9%)	$748 → $857 (+14.6%)

Caseyville

Population

4,1794,170

Median household income

$53,082$57,919

Median home value

$81,100$94,900

Median gross rent

$965$1,157

Smithton

Population

3,9963,512

Median household income

$78,073$114,453

Median home value

$170,900$251,600

Median gross rent

$748$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caseyville	Smithton
Under 5	3.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	16.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	20.0%
75 and over	6.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caseyville	Smithton
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	97.2%
Black or African American	11.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caseyville	Smithton
No high school diploma	9.7%	2.0%
High school graduate	43.5%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caseyville	Smithton
Drove alone	84.4%	84.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caseyville	Smithton
1-unit, detached	76.8%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Caseyville	Smithton
Poverty rate	17.9%	3.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1966	1997