Smithers is home to 712 people in West Virginia. The median age is 52.5, about 14 years above the US median. The typical home is worth $76,500. The poverty rate is 25.7%, above the 12.5% national rate. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. 76% were living in the same home a year earlier.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $45,417, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 52.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 18%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Smithers
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants55.3% → 75.9%(+20.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$99,843 → $76,500(−23%)US over the same years: +67%
Median age36.6 → 52.5(+15.9 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era14%(8)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War28.1%(16)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 57 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Smithers, decade by decade
Smithers population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,133
$37,067
$99,843
9.8%
22.3
2000
904
$37,193
$93,633
9.8%
22.7
2010
813
$30,237
$94,658
15.9%
24.8
2020
754
$48,645
$132,476
23.1%
28.1
2024
712
$45,417
$76,500
22.7%
47.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
