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Smyth County, VA

People
Population29,420B01003
Population, 2020 census29,800P1
Median age46.4B01002
Under 1819.3%B01001
65 and over23.0%B01001
Households12,659B11001
Foreign born1.4%B05002
Money
Median household income$49,883B19013
Median family income$66,543B19113
Per capita income$30,460B19301
Poverty rate16.8%B17001
Unemployment rate3.1%B23025
Civilian labor force12,217B23025
Mean commute (minutes)22.2B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher16.8%B15003
Housing
Housing units15,080B25001
Owner-occupied71.0%B25003
Renters29.0%B25003
Median home value$139,600B25077
Median gross rent$731B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic93.4%B03002
Black2.0%B03002
Hispanic or Latino2.1%B03002
Asian0.1%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 54% of Virginia's ($93,170); poverty 16.8% against 9.9%; 0.3% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 301: 2,760Census Tract 302: 4,415Census Tract 303.01: 2,185Census Tract 303.02: 3,998Census Tract 304: 1,742Census Tract 305: 2,439Census Tract 306: 2,744Census Tract 307.01: 4,822Census Tract 307.02: 4,315MarionChilhowieSaltvilleAdwolfAtkinsSeven Mile FordSugar GroveAllison GapMcMullinZIP 24354: 119 nonprofits, $19,174,362ZIP 24319: 44 nonprofits, $463,880ZIP 24370: 39 nonprofits, $1,186,501ZIP 24375: 13 nonprofits, $274,657ZIP 24311: 13 nonprofits, $796,470Population (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,1852,185 to 2,7442,744 to 3,9983,998 to 4,415over 4,415nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Smyth County, VA

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits228$21,895,870 revenue (latest return)SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC ($4,369,457)
Nonprofit contractors16$4,448,586 paid by nonprofitsW-L CONSTRUCTION PAVING INC ($1,156,976)
Political committees1CLAY 2016
Form 5500 plan sponsors5974 plansINSIGHTS TRAINING GROUP, LLC (6)
Open Payments recipients115$276,258 industry paymentsJUSTIN GATES ($56,599)
Patent and trademark owners2079 patents and marksBLUE RIDGE KNIVES, INC. (45)
Federal award recipients1,114$830,535,953 federal awardsINSIGHTS TRAINING GROUP, LLC ($221,566,683)
State business registrations76THE MCDONALD & WOODWARD PUBLISHING COMPANY

Cross-reference: 228 nonprofits for 29,420 residents is 77.5 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $21,895,870 is $744 per resident, 3.5% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1JOSEPH R CARICOEXECUTIVE DISOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC$122,28420252.5x
2LARRY HARLEYEXECUTIVE DISOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC$109,18620182.2x
3LYNDA HELTONEXECUTIVE DIRECTORSMYTH COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND$109,00220242.2x
4JORDAN STIDHAMEXECUTIVE DIRECTORMOUNTAIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM CORP$89,97520241.8x
5MARY R PARSONSDIRECTOR OFSOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC$82,85520251.7x
6ROBERT WATKINSEXECUTIVE DILINCOLN THEATRE INC$75,00020251.5x
7MIKE WILLIAMSEXECUTIVE DIRECTORMOUNTAIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM CORP$65,65320231.3x
8KEVIN VERNONCFOSMYTH COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND$63,47120241.3x
9SARAH GILLESPIEEXECUTIVE DICHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF SMYTH COUNTY INCORPORATED$59,20020221.2x
10SUSAN FERRAROEXECUTIVE DIMEL LEAMAN FREE CLINIC OF SMYTH COUNTY INC$56,70020251.1x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $49,883.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 9 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 307.014,822$49,24211.7%49.5
Census Tract 3024,415$48,82819.5%47.4
Census Tract 307.024,315$59,80615.0%43.2
Census Tract 303.023,998$50,11417.7%45.7
Census Tract 3012,760$50,37011.8%41.4
Census Tract 3062,744$34,81520.1%46.6
Census Tract 3052,439$40,00019.9%44.6
Census Tract 303.012,185$39,32523.6%47.8
Census Tract 3041,742$66,81817.1%52.4

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0