Acushnet Center vs Smith Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Acushnet Center and Smith Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

Acushnet Center and Smith Mills are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smith Mills has the higher population (4,467 vs 2,792 in Acushnet Center). Acushnet Center has the higher median household income ($69,159 vs $56,250 in Smith Mills). Smith Mills has the higher median home value ($384,600 vs $313,100 in Acushnet Center).

Population, income & housing

	Acushnet Center	Smith Mills
Population	2,792	4,467
Median age	47.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,159	$56,250
Median home value	$313,100	$384,600
Median gross rent	$935	$599
Housing units	1,392	1,974
Homeownership rate	83.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acushnet Center	Smith Mills
Population	3,177 → 2,792 (-12.1%)	4,678 → 4,467 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$81,375 → $69,159 (-15.0%)	$70,692 → $56,250 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$251,800 → $313,100 (+24.3%)	$305,700 → $384,600 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $935 (+17.2%)	$560 → $599 (+7.0%)

Acushnet Center

Population

3,1772,792

Median household income

$81,375$69,159

Median home value

$251,800$313,100

Median gross rent

$798$935

Smith Mills

Population

4,6784,467

Median household income

$70,692$56,250

Median home value

$305,700$384,600

Median gross rent

$560$599

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acushnet Center	Smith Mills
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	12.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.5%
75 and over	15.3%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acushnet Center	Smith Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acushnet Center	Smith Mills
No high school diploma	15.3%	19.4%
High school graduate	46.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acushnet Center	Smith Mills
Drove alone	79.1%	89.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acushnet Center	Smith Mills
1-unit, detached	81.1%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Acushnet Center	Smith Mills
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.03	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1957	1967