Smithville vs West Salem

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

Smithville and West Salem 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 1,301 in West Salem). Smithville has the higher median household income ($70,750 vs $57,917 in West Salem). Smithville has the higher median home value ($186,000 vs $123,000 in West Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Smithville	West Salem
Population	1,339	1,301
Median age	38.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,750	$57,917
Median home value	$186,000	$123,000
Median gross rent	$953	$770
Housing units	624	630
Homeownership rate	71.6%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smithville	West Salem
Population	1,439 → 1,339 (-6.9%)	1,622 → 1,301 (-19.8%)
Median household income	$60,667 → $70,750 (+16.6%)	$39,196 → $57,917 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $186,000 (+37.1%)	$82,300 → $123,000 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $953 (+18.4%)	$682 → $770 (+12.9%)

Smithville

Population

1,4391,339

Median household income

$60,667$70,750

Median home value

$135,700$186,000

Median gross rent

$805$953

West Salem

Population

1,6221,301

Median household income

$39,196$57,917

Median home value

$82,300$123,000

Median gross rent

$682$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Smithville	West Salem
Under 5	6.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	6.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	18.2%	19.8%
75 and over	8.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smithville	West Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smithville	West Salem
No high school diploma	3.9%	10.8%
High school graduate	35.7%	65.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smithville	West Salem
Drove alone	86.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.4%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Smithville	West Salem
1-unit, detached	70.4%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Smithville	West Salem
Poverty rate	5.5%	14.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1966	1971