Bastrop vs Smithville

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

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

Bastrop has the higher population (10,484 vs 4,032 in Smithville). Bastrop has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $56,031 in Smithville). Bastrop has the higher median home value ($308,300 vs $255,600 in Smithville).

Population, income & housing

	Bastrop	Smithville
Population	10,484	4,032
Median age	38.6 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$56,031
Median home value	$308,300	$255,600
Median gross rent	$1,387	$799
Housing units	4,792	1,863
Homeownership rate	49.1%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bastrop	Smithville
Population	8,776 → 10,484 (+19.5%)	4,363 → 4,032 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$56,425 → $70,625 (+25.2%)	$54,333 → $56,031 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $308,300 (+57.0%)	$158,000 → $255,600 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,387 (+43.0%)	$979 → $799 (-18.4%)

Bastrop

Population

8,77610,484

Median household income

$56,425$70,625

Median home value

$196,400$308,300

Median gross rent

$970$1,387

Smithville

Population

4,3634,032

Median household income

$54,333$56,031

Median home value

$158,000$255,600

Median gross rent

$979$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bastrop	Smithville
Under 5	8.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	18.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	8.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.8%
75 and over	7.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bastrop	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	69.2%
Black or African American	7.0%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	2.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bastrop	Smithville
No high school diploma	10.5%	11.8%
High school graduate	32.3%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bastrop	Smithville
Drove alone	73.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	7.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bastrop	Smithville
1-unit, detached	66.6%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	8.4%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Bastrop	Smithville
Poverty rate	12.0%	16.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1998	1972