East Bend vs Smithtown

A side-by-side comparison of East Bend and Smithtown: population, income, housing, and more.

East Bend and Smithtown are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Bend has the higher population (765 vs 168 in Smithtown). Since 2019, Smithtown's population has grown faster (+69.7% vs +8.4%).

Population, income & housing

	East Bend	Smithtown
Population	765	168
Median age	35.6 yrs	15.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,500	—
Median home value	$174,200	—
Median gross rent	$748	—
Housing units	268	60
Homeownership rate	83.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Bend	Smithtown
Population	706 → 765 (+8.4%)	99 → 168 (+69.7%)
Median household income	$69,412 → $85,500 (+23.2%)	$38,854 → $43,906 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $174,200 (+44.9%)	$90,400 → $101,300 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $748 (-1.7%)	—

East Bend

Population

706765

Median household income

$69,412$85,500

Median home value

$120,200$174,200

Median gross rent

$761$748

Smithtown

Population

99168

Median household income

$38,854$43,906

Median home value

$90,400$101,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Bend	Smithtown
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.0%	53.0%
18 to 24	11.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	18.4%	27.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	5.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	0.0%
75 and over	6.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Bend	Smithtown
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	29.8%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	70.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Bend	Smithtown
No high school diploma	6.1%	21.5%
High school graduate	48.6%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	6.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Bend	Smithtown
Drove alone	73.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	17.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Bend	Smithtown
1-unit, detached	91.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Bend	Smithtown
Poverty rate	11.2%	70.2%
Average household size	3.11	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1973	1991