Foster Brook vs Smethport

A side-by-side comparison of Foster Brook and Smethport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Smethport has the higher population (1,516 vs 1,019 in Foster Brook). Foster Brook has the higher median household income ($69,659 vs $62,143 in Smethport). Smethport has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $109,100 in Foster Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Foster Brook	Smethport
Population	1,019	1,516
Median age	49.6 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,659	$62,143
Median home value	$109,100	$115,000
Median gross rent	$709	$768
Housing units	482	731
Homeownership rate	91.5%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foster Brook	Smethport
Population	1,086 → 1,019 (-6.2%)	1,601 → 1,516 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$52,344 → $69,659 (+33.1%)	$55,625 → $62,143 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $109,100 (+28.4%)	$90,300 → $115,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $709 (+3.2%)	$688 → $768 (+11.6%)

Foster Brook

Population

1,0861,019

Median household income

$52,344$69,659

Median home value

$85,000$109,100

Median gross rent

$687$709

Smethport

Population

1,6011,516

Median household income

$55,625$62,143

Median home value

$90,300$115,000

Median gross rent

$688$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foster Brook	Smethport
Under 5	4.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	22.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	4.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	24.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.3%
75 and over	10.5%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foster Brook	Smethport
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foster Brook	Smethport
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	46.8%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foster Brook	Smethport
Drove alone	87.8%	75.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foster Brook	Smethport
1-unit, detached	89.6%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Foster Brook	Smethport
Poverty rate	9.6%	18.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1947	1941