Apple Creek vs Smithville

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

Apple Creek and Smithville are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smithville has the higher population (1,339 vs 1,077 in Apple Creek). Apple Creek has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $70,750 in Smithville). Smithville has the higher median home value ($186,000 vs $167,200 in Apple Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Creek	Smithville
Population	1,077	1,339
Median age	33.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	$70,750
Median home value	$167,200	$186,000
Median gross rent	$931	$953
Housing units	411	624
Homeownership rate	72.2%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Creek	Smithville
Population	1,034 → 1,077 (+4.2%)	1,439 → 1,339 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$51,979 → $70,833 (+36.3%)	$60,667 → $70,750 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$111,900 → $167,200 (+49.4%)	$135,700 → $186,000 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $931 (+30.2%)	$805 → $953 (+18.4%)

Apple Creek

Population

1,0341,077

Median household income

$51,979$70,833

Median home value

$111,900$167,200

Median gross rent

$715$931

Smithville

Population

1,4391,339

Median household income

$60,667$70,750

Median home value

$135,700$186,000

Median gross rent

$805$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Creek	Smithville
Under 5	11.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	6.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	18.2%
75 and over	4.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Creek	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Creek	Smithville
No high school diploma	8.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	52.2%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Creek	Smithville
Drove alone	79.2%	86.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.2%
Other means	3.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Creek	Smithville
1-unit, detached	78.1%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Apple Creek	Smithville
Poverty rate	13.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.72	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1964	1966