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A town of 7,890.
Smithfield Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 829th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: residents are healthier than 62% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $304K for a typical one and 3.6 times the East Stroudsburg area’s $84K median household income. Smithfield Township’s average trip to work is 48 minutes, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Smithfield Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Shrawder-Sittig House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Smithfield Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Smithfield Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 5,672 in 2000, 8,001 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2023 and 5 maps from 1944 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Smithfield Township. Close and well known come first.
in town National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
37 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
24 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
28 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
32 mi MountainHigh Point
12 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft verticalMiddle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · High Point: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Smithfield Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Smithfield Township.
Smithfield Township sends many workers across the state line to New York City and owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
25 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. Smithfield Township’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, at 378 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mount Nebo Park | 2.6 mi | 139 |
| 2. Minisink Park | 0.5 mi | 23 |
| 3. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area | — | 378 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by East Stroudsburg Area SD. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| J T Lambert Intermediate SchLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 907 | C− |
| Pa Treatment & Healing - East Stroudsburg PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 12 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Smithfield Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
34% of working residents cross a state line to work, New York City among the top destinations. The average commute for its 2,928 working residents takes 47.5 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Smithfield Township for work: only 6% work in town. The median household income in Smithfield Township is $106,000. Since 2013, Smithfield Township has added 699 jobs, to 2,428 in 2023.
| Smithfield Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $106,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,771 U.S. towns with household incomes like Smithfield Township’s, it is less healthy than 63%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
42% of Smithfield Township adults sleep under 7 hours. Smithfield Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 4 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 32% of Smithfield Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Smithfield Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Smithfield Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.5% | 8.8% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 6.7% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 8.6% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Children under 18 are 26% of residents (21% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). 39% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Smithfield Township.
| Smithfield Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 44.6 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Smithfield Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 18% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.9% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.2% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
162 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 25 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 162 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Smithfield Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Smithfield Township
About 7 of every 100 Smithfield Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Smithfield Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,001 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Smithfield Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Township | #829 | C+ | C− | — | C+ | B |
| East Stroudsburg | #888 | C | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Delaware Water Gap | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stroud Township | #800 | C+ | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Upper Mount Bethel Township | #712 | B− | B− | — | B+ | B− |
Smithfield Township, East Stroudsburg, Stroud Township and Upper Mount Bethel Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Delaware Water Gap isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Smithfield Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Smithfield Township grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #829 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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