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Smiths Station city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Smiths Station city is a Census city of 5,496 people across 8.18 square miles of land, in Lee County. Median household income is $64,669, 84.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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Smiths Station
What Smiths Station is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.18 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land672
- County holding the largest share of its areaLee County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smiths Station
How many people live in Smiths Station
- Population5,496
- Median age36.8
- Population under 181,701 plus or minus 353
- Share under 1830.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Population 65 and over744 plus or minus 176
- Share 65 and over13.5 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Households1,795
- Family households1,402
- Share of households that are families78.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smiths Station
Income and work in Smiths Station
- Median household income$64,669
- Per capita income$32,036 plus or minus $6,942
- Civilian labor force2,306
- Employed2,260
- Unemployed46 plus or minus 31
- Unemployment rate2.0 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over3,557
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.5 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.6 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smiths Station
Housing in Smiths Station
- Housing units1,946
- Occupied units1,795
- Vacant units151 plus or minus 118
- Vacancy rate7.8 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Owner occupied1,524
- Renter occupied271 plus or minus 83
- Ownership rate84.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$203,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,012
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.8 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Single family units1,432
- Share single family73.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more57 plus or minus 52
- Share in buildings of two or more2.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Mobile homes457 plus or minus 161
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Smiths Station gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,117
- Commuting under 15 minutes616 plus or minus 194
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.1 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more761 plus or minus 222
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.9 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Drove alone80.6 percent
- Carpooled9.3 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home4.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smiths Station
SBA loans in Smiths Station (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,360,800
- Average approval$680,400
- Median approval$1,217,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,217,000
- Largest approval$1,217,000
- Jobs supported13
- Jobs per approval6.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Smiths Station
SBA loans in Smiths Station (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$165,000
- Average approval$165,000
- Median approval$165,000
- Largest approval$165,000
- Jobs supported3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lee County, not Smiths Station
Lee County context, not Smiths Station figures
These are Lee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Smiths Station measurements.
- Establishments in Lee County3,377
- Employment at those establishments, Lee County51,454
- Covered employment, Lee County66,643
- Average annual pay, Lee County$53,394
- Average weekly wage, Lee County$1,027
- Housing units permitted, Lee County1,877
- Of those, single family, Lee County1,716
- County product, 2024, Lee County$9,274,891,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lee County4.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lee County$70,793
Every figure in this section is published for Lee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Smiths Station. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Smiths Station questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Smiths Station, Alabama?
5,496, in 1,795 households. Smiths Station city covers 8.18 square miles of land, which is 672 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Smiths Station in?
Lee County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Smiths Station?
$64,669. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $203,300. Median gross rent is $1,012 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Smiths Station businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $1,217,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $165,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Smiths Station, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Smiths Station borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Smiths Station. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Smiths Station figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lee County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Smiths Station.
Is zoning published for Smiths Station?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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