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Smithville city, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Smithville city is a Census city of 5,288 people across 5.89 square miles of land, in DeKalb County. Median household income is $33,192, 54.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6,700.
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Smithville
What Smithville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.89 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land897
- County holding the largest share of its areaDeKalb 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.
Smithville
How many people live in Smithville
- Population5,288
- Median age42.2
- Population under 181,331 plus or minus 308
- Share under 1825.2 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Population 65 and over859 plus or minus 213
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Households2,185
- Family households1,204
- Share of households that are families55.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smithville
Income and work in Smithville
- Median household income$33,192 plus or minus $7,571
- Per capita income$19,779
- Civilian labor force1,972
- Employed1,827
- Unemployed145 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate7.4 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over3,664
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher72.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.0 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.4 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smithville
Housing in Smithville
- Housing units2,356
- Occupied units2,185
- Vacant units171 plus or minus 112
- Vacancy rate7.3 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Owner occupied1,196 plus or minus 259
- Renter occupied989 plus or minus 261
- Ownership rate54.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$194,200 plus or minus $41,373
- Median gross rent, monthly$740 plus or minus $211
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.8 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Single family units1,651
- Share single family70.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more634 plus or minus 253
- Share in buildings of two or more26.9 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Mobile homes71 plus or minus 79
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smithville
How Smithville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,785
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,331 plus or minus 391
- Share commuting under 15 minutes74.6 percent plus or minus 16.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more378 plus or minus 165
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.2 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Drove alone74.7 percent
- Carpooled21.2 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked2.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home1.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smithville
SBA loans in Smithville (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$6,700
- Average approval$6,700
- Median approval$6,700
- Ninetieth percentile approval$6,700
- Largest approval$6,700
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term36 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
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.
Smithville
SBA loans in Smithville (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$4,931,000
- Average approval$4,931,000
- Median approval$4,931,000
- Largest approval$4,931,000
- Jobs supported80
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
DeKalb County, not Smithville
DeKalb County context, not Smithville figures
These are DeKalb County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Smithville measurements.
- Establishments in DeKalb County339
- Employment at those establishments, DeKalb County4,323
- Covered employment, DeKalb County5,388
- Average annual pay, DeKalb County$48,873
- Average weekly wage, DeKalb County$940
- Housing units permitted, DeKalb County143
- Of those, single family, DeKalb County143
- County product, 2024, DeKalb County$882,911,000
- County product change over the prior year, DeKalb County0.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, DeKalb County$60,284
Every figure in this section is published for DeKalb County as a whole and is not a measurement of Smithville. 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
Smithville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Smithville, Tennessee?
5,288, in 2,185 households. Smithville city covers 5.89 square miles of land, which is 897 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Smithville in?
DeKalb 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 Smithville?
$33,192. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $194,200. Median gross rent is $740 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Smithville businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $6,700, across 1 lenders, median approval $6,700, plus 1 504 approvals worth $4.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Smithville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Smithville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Smithville. 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 Smithville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for DeKalb 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 Smithville.
Is zoning published for Smithville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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