Housing density: 278 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $275,451.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,311 (lower quartile is $866, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,662
Median gross rent in Smithfield, RI in 2022: $1,437
Housing units in Smithfield with a mortgage: 3,672 (349 second mortgage, 580 home equity loan, 40 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,320
In family households: 482,061 (90,167 male householders, 59,524 female householders)
98,652 spouses, 176,915 children (166,353 natural, 3,940 adopted, 6,622 stepchildren), 11,252 grandchildren, 7,716 brothers or sisters, 7,800 parents, foster children, 8,986 other relatives, 16,700 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 116,821 (42,422 male householders (31,930 living alone)), 49,604 female householders (41,173 living alone)), 24,795 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 27,785 (9,688 institutionalized population)
87,776 married couples with children.
48,327 single-parent households (7,463 men, 40,864 women).
93.9% of residents of Smithfield speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 958 (4.4%)
(72.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Smithfield, Rhode Island
361995 to March 2000
861990 to 1994
1041985 to 1989
791980 to 1984
651975 to 1979
471970 to 1974
781965 to 1969
210Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 6,411 (25.2%)
Irish: 4,480 (17.6%)
English: 2,828 (11.1%)
French: 2,456 (9.7%)
French Canadian: 1,904 (7.5%)
German: 1,292 (5.1%)
Other: 1,223 (4.8%)
Polish: 1,084 (4.3%)
Portuguese: 961 (3.8%)
United States: 569 (2.2%)
Scottish: 365 (1.4%)
Swedish: 359 (1.4%)
Greek: 248 (1.0%)
Scotch-Irish: 208 (0.8%)
Russian: 165 (0.6%)
West Indian: 105 (0.4%)
Norwegian: 102 (0.4%)
Arab: 95 (0.4%)
Lithuanian: 87 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 80 (0.3%)
Danish: 71 (0.3%)
Dutch: 61 (0.2%)
Swiss: 55 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 54 (0.2%)
Slovak: 50 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 38 (0.1%)
Welsh: 35 (0.1%)
Czech: 22 (0.09%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Portugal
Smithfield:
12.8% (90)
Rhode Island:
17.6% (21,016)
Italy
Smithfield:
9.8% (69)
Rhode Island:
3.8% (4,502)
Canada
Smithfield:
9.5% (67)
Rhode Island:
3.4% (4,015)
United Kingdom
Smithfield:
7.7% (54)
Rhode Island:
2.6% (3,120)
Korea
Smithfield:
7.1% (50)
Rhode Island:
1.2% (1,404)
India
Smithfield:
5.1% (36)
Rhode Island:
1.2% (1,423)
Other Western Europe
Smithfield:
4.5% (32)
Rhode Island:
0.2% (239)
Indonesia
Smithfield:
3.8% (27)
Rhode Island:
0.1% (169)
Greece
Smithfield:
3.7% (26)
Rhode Island:
0.9% (1,014)
Other Eastern Europe
Smithfield:
3.7% (26)
Rhode Island:
0.7% (789)
Germany
Smithfield:
3.5% (25)
Rhode Island:
1.7% (1,982)
Turkey
Smithfield:
3.3% (23)
Rhode Island:
0.4% (509)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Smithfield:
2.6% (18)
Rhode Island:
1.6% (1,954)
Other Northern Africa
Smithfield:
2.0% (14)
Rhode Island:
0.1% (95)
Other Caribbean
Smithfield:
2.0% (14)
Rhode Island:
0.3% (385)
Vietnam
Smithfield:
1.8% (13)
Rhode Island:
0.7% (792)
Philippines
Smithfield:
1.6% (11)
Rhode Island:
1.6% (1,936)
Other Western Africa
Smithfield:
1.6% (11)
Rhode Island:
7.0% (8,389)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 14,725
Other state: 5,077
Northeast: 4,099
Midwest: 346
South: 405
West: 227
63% of Smithfield residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 23% lived in Rhode Island.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 13
Nursery to 4th grade: 55
5th and 6th grade: 6
7th and 8th grade: 148
9th grade: 136
10th grade: 189
11th grade: 93
12th grade, no diploma: 212
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,651
Less than 1 year of college: 463
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 633
Associate degree: 580
Bachelor's degree: 1,095
Master's degree: 500
Professional school degree: 175
Doctorate degree: 99
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 30
Nursery to 4th grade: 14
5th and 6th grade: 33
7th and 8th grade: 290
9th grade: 214
10th grade: 188
11th grade: 156
12th grade, no diploma: 186
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,071
Less than 1 year of college: 659
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 875
Associate degree: 698
Bachelor's degree: 1,226
Master's degree: 625
Professional school degree: 136
Doctorate degree: 30
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,034
One, attached: 440
Two: 274
3 or 4: 324
5 to 9: 406
10 to 19: 255
20 to 49: 215
50 or more: 441
Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $349,833
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.1%
