Camptown vs Smithfield

A side-by-side comparison of Camptown and Smithfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Camptown and Smithfield are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smithfield has the higher population (8,729 vs 758 in Camptown). Smithfield has the higher median household income ($110,182 vs $100,750 in Camptown). Since 2019, Smithfield's population has grown faster (+4.3% vs -19.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Camptown	Smithfield
Population	758	8,729
Median age	41.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,750	$110,182
Median home value	—	$358,100
Median gross rent	$1,166	$1,182
Housing units	317	3,646
Homeownership rate	37.2%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camptown	Smithfield
Population	938 → 758 (-19.2%)	8,367 → 8,729 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$50,372 → $100,750 (+100.0%)	$67,607 → $110,182 (+63.0%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $87,100 (+58.4%)	$282,800 → $358,100 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,166 (+33.7%)	$925 → $1,182 (+27.8%)

Camptown

Population

938758

Median household income

$50,372$100,750

Median home value

$55,000$87,100

Median gross rent

$872$1,166

Smithfield

Population

8,3678,729

Median household income

$67,607$110,182

Median home value

$282,800$358,100

Median gross rent

$925$1,182

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camptown	Smithfield
Under 5	2.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	12.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	5.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	20.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.7%
75 and over	4.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camptown	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	24.1%	72.2%
Black or African American	75.9%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camptown	Smithfield
No high school diploma	21.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	46.8%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camptown	Smithfield
Drove alone	85.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camptown	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	59.3%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Camptown	Smithfield
Poverty rate	1.5%	7.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1975	1992