Dunbar vs Smithfield

A side-by-side comparison of Dunbar and Smithfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Dunbar and Smithfield are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smithfield has the higher population (1,086 vs 981 in Dunbar). Smithfield has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $50,000 in Dunbar). Smithfield has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $72,100 in Dunbar).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Smithfield
Population	981	1,086
Median age	39.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$76,250
Median home value	$72,100	$169,600
Median gross rent	$744	$893
Housing units	563	475
Homeownership rate	82.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Smithfield
Population	1,075 → 981 (-8.7%)	810 → 1,086 (+34.1%)
Median household income	$54,583 → $50,000 (-8.4%)	$39,286 → $76,250 (+94.1%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $72,100 (+3.4%)	$102,800 → $169,600 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $744 (+4.3%)	$710 → $893 (+25.8%)

Dunbar

Population

1,075981

Median household income

$54,583$50,000

Median home value

$69,700$72,100

Median gross rent

$713$744

Smithfield

Population

8101,086

Median household income

$39,286$76,250

Median home value

$102,800$169,600

Median gross rent

$710$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunbar	Smithfield
Under 5	7.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	18.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	9.0%
75 and over	6.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Smithfield
No high school diploma	8.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	57.9%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Smithfield
Drove alone	80.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	9.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	72.6%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Smithfield
Poverty rate	16.9%	9.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1950	1951