Mount Jewett vs Smethport

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Jewett and Smethport: population, income, housing, and more.

Mount Jewett 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 608 in Mount Jewett). Smethport has the higher median household income ($62,143 vs $52,969 in Mount Jewett). Smethport has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $74,500 in Mount Jewett).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Jewett	Smethport
Population	608	1,516
Median age	50.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,969	$62,143
Median home value	$74,500	$115,000
Median gross rent	$700	$768
Housing units	379	731
Homeownership rate	86.7%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Jewett	Smethport
Population	935 → 608 (-35.0%)	1,601 → 1,516 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$46,528 → $52,969 (+13.8%)	$55,625 → $62,143 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$59,300 → $74,500 (+25.6%)	$90,300 → $115,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $700 (+7.4%)	$688 → $768 (+11.6%)

Mount Jewett

Population

935608

Median household income

$46,528$52,969

Median home value

$59,300$74,500

Median gross rent

$652$700

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)

	Mount Jewett	Smethport
Under 5	8.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	22.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	23.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.3%
75 and over	8.9%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Jewett	Smethport
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Jewett	Smethport
No high school diploma	7.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	48.4%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Jewett	Smethport
Drove alone	87.2%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	3.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	6.1%
Other means	1.2%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Jewett	Smethport
1-unit, detached	79.7%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Mount Jewett	Smethport
Poverty rate	12.8%	18.6%
Average household size	2.13	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	36	17
Median year structure built	1944	1941