New Martinsville vs Smithfield

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

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

New Martinsville has the higher population (5,175 vs 111 in Smithfield). Since 2019, New Martinsville's population has grown faster (+0.3% vs -38.0%).

Population, income & housing

	New Martinsville	Smithfield
Population	5,175	111
Median age	44.2 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,226	—
Median home value	$112,600	—
Median gross rent	$718	—
Housing units	2,418	83
Homeownership rate	75.7%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Martinsville	Smithfield
Population	5,162 → 5,175 (+0.3%)	179 → 111 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$43,953 → $51,226 (+16.5%)	$17,917 → $22,813 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $112,600 (+17.3%)	$79,300 → $101,900 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $718 (-1.8%)	$243 → $282 (+16.0%)

New Martinsville

Population

5,1625,175

Median household income

$43,953$51,226

Median home value

$96,000$112,600

Median gross rent

$731$718

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)

	New Martinsville	Smithfield
Under 5	5.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	19.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	5.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	19.8%
75 and over	10.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Martinsville	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	98.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Martinsville	Smithfield
No high school diploma	6.5%	21.5%
High school graduate	46.5%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Martinsville	Smithfield
Drove alone	83.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Martinsville	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	68.6%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	6.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	New Martinsville	Smithfield
Poverty rate	18.8%	45.9%
Average household size	2.38	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	18	55
Median year structure built	1963	1938