Shreve vs Smithville

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

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

Shreve has the higher population (1,559 vs 1,339 in Smithville). Smithville has the higher median household income ($70,750 vs $66,011 in Shreve). Smithville has the higher median home value ($186,000 vs $133,200 in Shreve).

Population, income & housing

	Shreve	Smithville
Population	1,559	1,339
Median age	42.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,011	$70,750
Median home value	$133,200	$186,000
Median gross rent	$758	$953
Housing units	701	624
Homeownership rate	72.0%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shreve	Smithville
Population	1,633 → 1,559 (-4.5%)	1,439 → 1,339 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$47,350 → $66,011 (+39.4%)	$60,667 → $70,750 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $133,200 (+67.8%)	$135,700 → $186,000 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $758 (+17.9%)	$805 → $953 (+18.4%)

Shreve

Population

1,6331,559

Median household income

$47,350$66,011

Median home value

$79,400$133,200

Median gross rent

$643$758

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)

	Shreve	Smithville
Under 5	5.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	6.3%
55 to 64	19.4%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	18.2%
75 and over	4.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shreve	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	2.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shreve	Smithville
No high school diploma	20.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	47.9%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shreve	Smithville
Drove alone	82.0%	86.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shreve	Smithville
1-unit, detached	69.5%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Shreve	Smithville
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1953	1966