Atlantic City vs Smithville

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

Atlantic City and Smithville are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atlantic City has the higher population (38,486 vs 9,260 in Smithville). Smithville has the higher median household income ($72,875 vs $36,220 in Atlantic City). Smithville has the higher median home value ($270,600 vs $189,600 in Atlantic City).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic City	Smithville
Population	38,486	9,260
Median age	37.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,220	$72,875
Median home value	$189,600	$270,600
Median gross rent	$1,084	$1,477
Housing units	20,075	4,814
Homeownership rate	30.1%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic City	Smithville
Population	37,999 → 38,486 (+1.3%)	7,365 → 9,260 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$29,232 → $36,220 (+23.9%)	$61,010 → $72,875 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$156,700 → $189,600 (+21.0%)	$202,800 → $270,600 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,084 (+19.9%)	$1,198 → $1,477 (+23.3%)

Atlantic City

Population

37,99938,486

Median household income

$29,232$36,220

Median home value

$156,700$189,600

Median gross rent

$904$1,084

Smithville

Population

7,3659,260

Median household income

$61,010$72,875

Median home value

$202,800$270,600

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic City	Smithville
Under 5	7.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	18.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.7%
75 and over	6.3%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic City	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	63.0%
Black or African American	31.3%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	16.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic City	Smithville
No high school diploma	23.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	34.6%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic City	Smithville
Drove alone	44.8%	78.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.9%
Public transit	20.7%	1.1%
Walked	16.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	9.4%
Other means	3.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic City	Smithville
1-unit, detached	16.4%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	18.1%
20 or more units	32.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic City	Smithville
Poverty rate	33.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1962	1989