Point Marion vs Smithfield

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

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

Point Marion has the higher population (1,151 vs 1,086 in Smithfield). Smithfield has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $50,781 in Point Marion). Smithfield has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $94,700 in Point Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Point Marion	Smithfield
Population	1,151	1,086
Median age	37.6 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,781	$76,250
Median home value	$94,700	$169,600
Median gross rent	$925	$893
Housing units	498	475
Homeownership rate	63.2%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Point Marion	Smithfield
Population	1,280 → 1,151 (-10.1%)	810 → 1,086 (+34.1%)
Median household income	$53,313 → $50,781 (-4.7%)	$39,286 → $76,250 (+94.1%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $94,700 (+33.8%)	$102,800 → $169,600 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $925 (+8.8%)	$710 → $893 (+25.8%)

Point Marion

Population

1,2801,151

Median household income

$53,313$50,781

Median home value

$70,800$94,700

Median gross rent

$850$925

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)

	Point Marion	Smithfield
Under 5	7.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	16.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.0%
75 and over	7.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Point Marion	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Point Marion	Smithfield
No high school diploma	17.4%	9.5%
High school graduate	45.7%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Point Marion	Smithfield
Drove alone	79.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	13.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	9.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Point Marion	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	82.7%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Point Marion	Smithfield
Poverty rate	28.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1938	1951