Camp Swift vs Smithville

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

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

Camp Swift has the higher population (7,505 vs 4,032 in Smithville). Camp Swift has the higher median household income ($63,316 vs $56,031 in Smithville). Smithville has the higher median home value ($255,600 vs $171,800 in Camp Swift).

Population, income & housing

	Camp Swift	Smithville
Population	7,505	4,032
Median age	33.4 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,316	$56,031
Median home value	$171,800	$255,600
Median gross rent	$1,065	$799
Housing units	2,234	1,863
Homeownership rate	74.5%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camp Swift	Smithville
Population	6,244 → 7,505 (+20.2%)	4,363 → 4,032 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$51,274 → $63,316 (+23.5%)	$54,333 → $56,031 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$133,400 → $171,800 (+28.8%)	$158,000 → $255,600 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,065 (+22.0%)	$979 → $799 (-18.4%)

Camp Swift

Population

6,2447,505

Median household income

$51,274$63,316

Median home value

$133,400$171,800

Median gross rent

$873$1,065

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)

	Camp Swift	Smithville
Under 5	5.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	18.5%
55 to 64	7.4%	8.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.8%
75 and over	4.7%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camp Swift	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	34.2%	69.2%
Black or African American	6.1%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	56.3%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camp Swift	Smithville
No high school diploma	19.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	42.8%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camp Swift	Smithville
Drove alone	65.5%	79.6%
Carpooled	21.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.4%
Other means	5.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camp Swift	Smithville
1-unit, detached	52.8%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	46.1%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Camp Swift	Smithville
Poverty rate	13.8%	16.1%
Average household size	3.11	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	39	28
Median year structure built	1995	1972