Hughesville vs Smithton

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

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

Smithton has the higher population (509 vs 154 in Hughesville). Hughesville has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $51,875 in Smithton). Smithton has the higher median home value ($87,500 vs $80,000 in Hughesville).

Population, income & housing

	Hughesville	Smithton
Population	154	509
Median age	45.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$51,875
Median home value	$80,000	$87,500
Median gross rent	—	$920
Housing units	75	211
Homeownership rate	85.7%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hughesville	Smithton
Population	203 → 154 (-24.1%)	508 → 509 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $53,333 (+9.4%)	$51,250 → $51,875 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $80,000 (-6.7%)	$74,700 → $87,500 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $758 (-18.5%)	$717 → $920 (+28.3%)

Hughesville

Population

203154

Median household income

$48,750$53,333

Median home value

$85,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$930$758

Smithton

Population

508509

Median household income

$51,250$51,875

Median home value

$74,700$87,500

Median gross rent

$717$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hughesville	Smithton
Under 5	5.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.3%	25.9%
18 to 24	14.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	3.9%	18.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	27.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	4.5%	4.9%
75 and over	9.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hughesville	Smithton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hughesville	Smithton
No high school diploma	11.5%	12.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hughesville	Smithton
Drove alone	91.5%	93.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hughesville	Smithton
1-unit, detached	56.0%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hughesville	Smithton
Poverty rate	20.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1990	1966