Jonesville vs Smithtown

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

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

Jonesville has the higher population (2,782 vs 168 in Smithtown). Since 2019, Smithtown's population has grown faster (+69.7% vs +9.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesville	Smithtown
Population	2,782	168
Median age	42.1 yrs	15.9 yrs
Median household income	$28,257	—
Median home value	$117,500	—
Median gross rent	$500	—
Housing units	1,451	60
Homeownership rate	45.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesville	Smithtown
Population	2,551 → 2,782 (+9.1%)	99 → 168 (+69.7%)
Median household income	$26,919 → $28,257 (+5.0%)	$38,854 → $43,906 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$98,600 → $117,500 (+19.2%)	$90,400 → $101,300 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $500 (-11.2%)	—

Jonesville

Population

2,5512,782

Median household income

$26,919$28,257

Median home value

$98,600$117,500

Median gross rent

$563$500

Smithtown

Population

99168

Median household income

$38,854$43,906

Median home value

$90,400$101,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesville	Smithtown
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	53.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	27.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	5.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	0.0%
75 and over	14.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesville	Smithtown
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	29.8%
Black or African American	11.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	4.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	70.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesville	Smithtown
No high school diploma	18.9%	21.5%
High school graduate	35.9%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	6.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesville	Smithtown
Drove alone	72.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	21.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesville	Smithtown
1-unit, detached	60.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jonesville	Smithtown
Poverty rate	23.2%	70.2%
Average household size	2.09	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1968	1991