Smiths Grove is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 829 people and two associated neighborhoods, Smiths Grove is the 285th largest community in Kentucky. Smiths Grove real estate is some of the most expensive in Kentucky, although Smiths Grove house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Smiths Grove is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Smiths Grove is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Smiths Grove who work in office and administrative support (20.19%), healthcare (7.57%), and teaching (6.62%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Smiths Grove has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Smiths Grove has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Smiths Grove than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Smiths Grove may be for you. Smiths Grove is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Smiths Grove are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.68% of adults in Smiths Grove have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Smiths Grove in 2022 was $30,545, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,180 for a family of four. However, Smiths Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Smiths Grove is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Smiths Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Smiths Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Smiths Grove include Irish, German, English, Norwegian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Smiths Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Persian and Italian.
