North Seekonk vs Smith Mills

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

North Seekonk 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 2,903 in North Seekonk). North Seekonk has the higher median household income ($110,541 vs $56,250 in Smith Mills). North Seekonk has the higher median home value ($417,300 vs $384,600 in Smith Mills).

Population, income & housing

	North Seekonk	Smith Mills
Population	2,903	4,467
Median age	35.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,541	$56,250
Median home value	$417,300	$384,600
Median gross rent	$1,254	$599
Housing units	1,201	1,974
Homeownership rate	89.9%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Seekonk	Smith Mills
Population	2,398 → 2,903 (+21.1%)	4,678 → 4,467 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$87,700 → $110,541 (+26.0%)	$70,692 → $56,250 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$280,000 → $417,300 (+49.0%)	$305,700 → $384,600 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,254 (+26.9%)	$560 → $599 (+7.0%)

North Seekonk

Population

2,3982,903

Median household income

$87,700$110,541

Median home value

$280,000$417,300

Median gross rent

$988$1,254

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)

	North Seekonk	Smith Mills
Under 5	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	2.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	24.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	19.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	5.9%	8.5%
75 and over	8.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Seekonk	Smith Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	85.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	4.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Seekonk	Smith Mills
No high school diploma	4.1%	19.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Seekonk	Smith Mills
Drove alone	73.2%	89.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	1.3%
Public transit	5.4%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Seekonk	Smith Mills
1-unit, detached	84.9%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	2.5%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Seekonk	Smith Mills
Poverty rate	4.2%	9.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1960	1967