Hammonton vs Smithville

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

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

Hammonton has the higher population (14,746 vs 9,260 in Smithville). Hammonton has the higher median household income ($83,044 vs $72,875 in Smithville). Hammonton has the higher median home value ($324,200 vs $270,600 in Smithville).

Population, income & housing

	Hammonton	Smithville
Population	14,746	9,260
Median age	45.1 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,044	$72,875
Median home value	$324,200	$270,600
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,477
Housing units	6,145	4,814
Homeownership rate	71.3%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hammonton	Smithville
Population	14,139 → 14,746 (+4.3%)	7,365 → 9,260 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$73,048 → $83,044 (+13.7%)	$61,010 → $72,875 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$235,500 → $324,200 (+37.7%)	$202,800 → $270,600 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,204 → $1,375 (+14.2%)	$1,198 → $1,477 (+23.3%)

Hammonton

Population

14,13914,746

Median household income

$73,048$83,044

Median home value

$235,500$324,200

Median gross rent

$1,204$1,375

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)

	Hammonton	Smithville
Under 5	5.9%	1.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	18.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	14.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.7%
75 and over	11.3%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hammonton	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	63.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hammonton	Smithville
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hammonton	Smithville
Drove alone	72.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	14.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.1%
Walked	1.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hammonton	Smithville
1-unit, detached	68.4%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	18.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Hammonton	Smithville
Poverty rate	11.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1970	1989