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Smithers, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Smithers is a Census city of 712 people across 1.44 square miles of land, in Fayette County. Median household income is $45,417, 75.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Smithers
What Smithers is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.44 sq mi
- Water area0.18 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land494 plus or minus 230
- County holding the largest share of its areaFayette County, 99.7 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.
Smithers
How many people live in Smithers
- Population712 plus or minus 332
- Median age52.5 plus or minus 12.1
- Population under 1880 plus or minus 56
- Share under 1811.2 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Population 65 and over256 plus or minus 108
- Share 65 and over36.0 percent plus or minus 22.7
- Households311 plus or minus 110
- Family households158 plus or minus 75
- Share of households that are families50.8 percent plus or minus 16.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smithers
Income and work in Smithers
- Median household income$45,417 plus or minus $30,463
- Per capita income$33,963 plus or minus $13,870
- Civilian labor force299 plus or minus 224
- Employed297 plus or minus 224
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 7
- Unemployment rate0.7 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over612 plus or minus 305
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.0 percent plus or minus 57.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.7 percent plus or minus 22.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.4 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smithers
Housing in Smithers
- Housing units410 plus or minus 120
- Occupied units311 plus or minus 110
- Vacant units99 plus or minus 51
- Vacancy rate24.1 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Owner occupied236 plus or minus 97
- Renter occupied75 plus or minus 48
- Ownership rate75.9 percent plus or minus 15.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$76,500 plus or minus $16,865
- Median gross rent, monthly$663 plus or minus $186
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.5 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Single family units325 plus or minus 111
- Share single family79.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more54 plus or minus 37
- Share in buildings of two or more13.2 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Mobile homes31 plus or minus 28
- Median year structure built1948
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smithers
How Smithers gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute186 plus or minus 109
- Commuting under 15 minutes101 plus or minus 84
- Share commuting under 15 minutes54.3 percent plus or minus 32.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more39 plus or minus 35
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.0 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Drove alone47.1 percent plus or minus 47.8
- Carpooled4.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked10.8 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Worked from home37.4 percent plus or minus 39.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Smithers
Flood risk in Smithers
- NFIP communityTown of Smithers
- NFIP community number540033
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date09/03/10
The Town of Smithers participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 540033 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Fayette County, not Smithers
Fayette County context, not Smithers figures
- Establishments in Fayette County710
- Covered employment, Fayette County10,265
- Average annual pay, Fayette County$47,615
- Housing units permitted, Fayette County28
Every figure in this section is published for Fayette County as a whole and is not a measurement of Smithers.
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Smithers questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Smithers, West Virginia?
712, in 311 households. Smithers city covers 1.44 square miles of land, which is 494 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Smithers in?
Fayette County, which holds 99.7 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Smithers?
$45,417. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $76,500. Median gross rent is $663 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Smithers in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Smithers appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Smithers, town of, community 540033, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Smithers figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fayette 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 Smithers.
Is zoning published for Smithers?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.