Smithville vs Somers Point

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

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

Somers Point has the higher population (10,461 vs 9,260 in Smithville). Smithville has the higher median household income ($72,875 vs $68,542 in Somers Point). Somers Point has the higher median home value ($277,500 vs $270,600 in Smithville).

Population, income & housing

	Smithville	Somers Point
Population	9,260	10,461
Median age	47.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,875	$68,542
Median home value	$270,600	$277,500
Median gross rent	$1,477	$1,308
Housing units	4,814	5,730
Homeownership rate	76.3%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smithville	Somers Point
Population	7,365 → 9,260 (+25.7%)	10,321 → 10,461 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$61,010 → $72,875 (+19.4%)	$61,366 → $68,542 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$202,800 → $270,600 (+33.4%)	$221,500 → $277,500 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,198 → $1,477 (+23.3%)	$1,156 → $1,308 (+13.1%)

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

Somers Point

Population

10,32110,461

Median household income

$61,366$68,542

Median home value

$221,500$277,500

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,308

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Smithville	Somers Point
Under 5	1.7%	8.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.3%
75 and over	14.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smithville	Somers Point
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	69.8%
Black or African American	14.2%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smithville	Somers Point
No high school diploma	6.9%	10.8%
High school graduate	31.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smithville	Somers Point
Drove alone	78.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.5%
Public transit	1.1%	1.2%
Walked	0.3%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	8.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Smithville	Somers Point
1-unit, detached	50.5%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	23.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Smithville	Somers Point
Poverty rate	8.1%	11.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1989	1970