Amory vs Smithville

A side-by-side comparison of Amory and Smithville: population, income, housing, and more.

Amory and Smithville are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amory has the higher population (6,564 vs 565 in Smithville). Amory has the higher median household income ($51,592 vs $40,268 in Smithville). Amory has the higher median home value ($140,700 vs $91,200 in Smithville).

Population, income & housing

	Amory	Smithville
Population	6,564	565
Median age	40.7 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,592	$40,268
Median home value	$140,700	$91,200
Median gross rent	$769	$670
Housing units	3,268	348
Homeownership rate	63.5%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amory	Smithville
Population	6,932 → 6,564 (-5.3%)	638 → 565 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$35,217 → $51,592 (+46.5%)	$30,938 → $40,268 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $140,700 (+15.6%)	$75,000 → $91,200 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $769 (+17.2%)	$531 → $670 (+26.2%)

Amory

Population

6,9326,564

Median household income

$35,217$51,592

Median home value

$121,700$140,700

Median gross rent

$656$769

Smithville

Population

638565

Median household income

$30,938$40,268

Median home value

$75,000$91,200

Median gross rent

$531$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amory	Smithville
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	4.8%
45 to 54	17.4%	18.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	7.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	14.5%
75 and over	8.7%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amory	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	94.2%
Black or African American	29.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amory	Smithville
No high school diploma	14.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	38.3%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amory	Smithville
Drove alone	88.9%	94.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amory	Smithville
1-unit, detached	72.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	12.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Amory	Smithville
Poverty rate	16.6%	22.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1973	1972