Republic vs Smithfield

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

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

Republic has the higher population (1,171 vs 1,086 in Smithfield). Smithfield has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $50,978 in Republic). Smithfield has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $103,800 in Republic).

Population, income & housing

	Republic	Smithfield
Population	1,171	1,086
Median age	35.7 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,978	$76,250
Median home value	$103,800	$169,600
Median gross rent	$904	$893
Housing units	587	475
Homeownership rate	55.7%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	19.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Republic	Smithfield
Population	1,152 → 1,171 (+1.6%)	810 → 1,086 (+34.1%)
Median household income	$36,500 → $50,978 (+39.7%)	$39,286 → $76,250 (+94.1%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $103,800 (+64.2%)	$102,800 → $169,600 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $904 (+36.6%)	$710 → $893 (+25.8%)

Republic

Population

1,1521,171

Median household income

$36,500$50,978

Median home value

$63,200$103,800

Median gross rent

$662$904

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)

	Republic	Smithfield
Under 5	4.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	16.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	7.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	17.0%	9.0%
75 and over	3.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Republic	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Republic	Smithfield
No high school diploma	16.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	43.2%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Republic	Smithfield
Drove alone	80.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.2%
Other means	16.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Republic	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	73.8%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Republic	Smithfield
Poverty rate	18.8%	9.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1938	1951