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Smith River CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Smith River CDP is a Census CDP of 898 people across 4.43 square miles of land, in Del Norte County. 81.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
57 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Smith River
What Smith River is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.43 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land203 plus or minus 82
- County holding the largest share of its areaDel Norte 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.
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How many people live in Smith River
- Population898 plus or minus 363
- Median age28.1
- Population under 18371 plus or minus 153
- Share under 1841.3 percent
- Population 65 and over107 plus or minus 83
- Share 65 and over11.9 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Households299 plus or minus 117
- Family households244 plus or minus 112
- Share of households that are families81.6 percent plus or minus 19.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Smith River
- Per capita income$28,718 plus or minus $8,292
- Civilian labor force412 plus or minus 203
- Employed388 plus or minus 189
- Unemployed24 plus or minus 36
- Unemployment rate5.8 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Adults 25 and over484 plus or minus 194
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 54.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher6.6 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Smith River
- Housing units299 plus or minus 117
- Occupied units299 plus or minus 117
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied244 plus or minus 112
- Renter occupied55 plus or minus 41
- Ownership rate81.6 percent plus or minus 19.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$382,200
- Single family units212 plus or minus 92
- Share single family70.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes87 plus or minus 92
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Smith River gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute357 plus or minus 171
- Commuting under 15 minutes197 plus or minus 158
- Share commuting under 15 minutes55.2 percent plus or minus 35.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more23 plus or minus 38
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more6.4 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Drove alone81.5 percent plus or minus 25.3
- Carpooled12.0 percent plus or minus 14.6
- Public transport6.4 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Smith River (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$431,000
- Average approval$431,000
- Median approval$431,000
- Largest approval$431,000
- Jobs supported10
- Loans with a final outcome0
- 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.
Del Norte County, not Smith River
Del Norte County context, not Smith River figures
These are Del Norte County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Smith River measurements.
- Establishments in Del Norte County431
- Employment at those establishments, Del Norte County4,461
- Covered employment, Del Norte County8,328
- Average annual pay, Del Norte County$53,835
- Average weekly wage, Del Norte County$1,035
- Housing units permitted, Del Norte County242
- Of those, single family, Del Norte County23
- County product, 2024, Del Norte County$1,088,160,000
- County product change over the prior year, Del Norte County5.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Del Norte County$57,559
Every figure in this section is published for Del Norte County as a whole and is not a measurement of Smith River. 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.
- The American Community Survey does not publish a median household income for this place, which happens where the sample is too small to support one.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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
Smith River questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Smith River, California?
898, in 299 households. Smith River CDP covers 4.43 square miles of land, which is 203 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Smith River in?
Del Norte County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
Are the county figures on this page Smith River figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Del Norte 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 Smith River.
Is zoning published for Smith River?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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