Jacksonburg vs Smithfield

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

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

Smithfield has the higher population (111 vs 106 in Jacksonburg). Since 2019, Jacksonburg's population has grown faster (+65.6% vs -38.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonburg	Smithfield
Population	106	111
Median age	23.7 yrs	44.9 yrs
Housing units	16	83
Homeownership rate	100.0%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonburg	Smithfield
Population	64 → 106 (+65.6%)	179 → 111 (-38.0%)
Median household income	—	$17,917 → $22,813 (+27.3%)
Median home value	—	$79,300 → $101,900 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$243 → $282 (+16.0%)

Jacksonburg

Population

64106

Smithfield

Population

179111

Median household income

$17,917$22,813

Median home value

$79,300$101,900

Median gross rent

$243$282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonburg	Smithfield
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	67.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	19.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	6.6%	5.4%
55 to 64	7.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	18.9%	19.8%
75 and over	0.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonburg	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	98.2%
Black or African American	10.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonburg	Smithfield
No high school diploma	31.4%	21.5%
High school graduate	68.6%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonburg	Smithfield
Drove alone	75.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonburg	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	0.0%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	100.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonburg	Smithfield
Poverty rate	41.7%	45.9%
Average household size	3.00	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	—	55
Median year structure built	—	1938