Dowelltown vs Smithville

A side-by-side comparison of Dowelltown and Smithville: population, income, housing, and more.

Dowelltown and Smithville are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smithville has the higher population (5,158 vs 382 in Dowelltown). Dowelltown has the higher median household income ($37,917 vs $29,507 in Smithville). Dowelltown has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $153,500 in Smithville).

Population, income & housing

	Dowelltown	Smithville
Population	382	5,158
Median age	33.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,917	$29,507
Median home value	$155,100	$153,500
Median gross rent	$716	$676
Housing units	172	2,187
Homeownership rate	66.0%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dowelltown	Smithville
Population	323 → 382 (+18.3%)	4,711 → 5,158 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $37,917 (+6.4%)	$32,813 → $29,507 (-10.1%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $155,100 (+37.0%)	$125,300 → $153,500 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $716 (+24.5%)	$632 → $676 (+7.0%)

Dowelltown

Population

323382

Median household income

$35,625$37,917

Median home value

$113,200$155,100

Median gross rent

$575$716

Smithville

Population

4,7115,158

Median household income

$32,813$29,507

Median home value

$125,300$153,500

Median gross rent

$632$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dowelltown	Smithville
Under 5	3.7%	14.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	26.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.8%
75 and over	5.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dowelltown	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	74.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dowelltown	Smithville
No high school diploma	13.6%	34.9%
High school graduate	41.3%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dowelltown	Smithville
Drove alone	89.9%	70.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	27.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dowelltown	Smithville
1-unit, detached	82.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	20.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Dowelltown	Smithville
Poverty rate	38.2%	38.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	44	17
Median year structure built	1974	1974