Smyrna

Population & Demographics

Smyrna, DE

Smyrna is home to 13,165 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 5,183 resident workers commute each day.

DelawareCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
13,165
people
Population

13,165 residents

Median age 34.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Smyrna population & demographics

Who lives in Smyrna — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
13,165
Median age
34.3yrs
Median household income
$67,048
Median home value
$291,400
Median gross rent
$1,534/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
21.6%
Poverty rate
12.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Smyrna

How Smyrna breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White53.9%
Black28.0%
Hispanic or Latino11.8%
Two or more races4.7%
Asian1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%

Race across Smyrna

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Smyrna.

Smyrna at a glance
Employed Residents
5,183
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
13.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Dover
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Smyrna proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Smyrna commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

34
Commute Score

34 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Smyrna

5,183 commutes, one dot at a time

Smyrna

Where 5,183 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Smyrna, by worker count.

1Dover9.9 mi929
2Smyrna0.0 mi684
3Middletown12.4 mi343
4Wilmington31.8 mi197
5New Castle26.1 mi149
6Clayton1.5 mi118
7Camden13.2 mi91
8Milford27.9 mi81

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Smyrna.

1Smyrna0.0 mi684
2Dover9.9 mi669
3Clayton1.5 mi242
4Middletown12.4 mi186
5Wilmington31.8 mi103
6Bear23.0 mi79
7Milford27.9 mi67
8Camden13.2 mi61

Top industries

The sectors that employ Smyrna’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PAPublic Administration34.9%
TRTransportation and Warehousing15.8%
EDEducational Services12.8%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance8.6%
RTRetail Trade8.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.6%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services3.6%
COConstruction3.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services1.7%
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