A town of 8,834, settled in 1752. Home to 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Smithfield does most differently from other towns.
1948 · Exterior View of Smithfield Elementary …12 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 7 places on the National Register.
Coastal flooding makes up 9% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
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Ordered by what stands out in Smithfield. Another town gets a different order.
The public schools Smithfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 80% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Elementary | 4–6 | 682 | B− |
11 miles of trails across 6 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Windsor Castle Park | 3.9 mi | 208 |
| 2. Wellington Park | — | 19 |
| 3. Riverview Park | 0.1 mi | 9 |
The typical Smithfield home is worth about $407,000, up 2.8% in a year, close to the Virginia typical home.
Smithfield beats the Virginia average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| What stands out | Smithfield | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 8.7% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.4% | 76.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.7% |
Smithfield has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 32°, and about 3 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 34% of U.S. communities.
Most working residents leave Smithfield for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Newport News (23%), Hampton (8%) and Norfolk (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
Smithfield reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 52% report less.
7 places in Smithfield on the National Register of Historic Places.
12 notable people were born in Smithfield.
Town in Virginia, United States
Smithfield is a town in Isle of Wight County, in the South Hampton Roads subregion of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, United States. The population was 8,533 at the 2020 census. The town is most famous for the curing and production of the Smithfield ham. The Virginia General Assembly passed a statute defining "Smithfield ham" by law in 1926, with one of the requirements that it be processed within the town limits. Smithfield Foods, a Fortune 500 company that owns Smithfield Packing Company and others, is the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. The company, based in Smithfield, raises 12 million hogs and processes 20 million pounds of them annually. The company's largest s…
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One town shares a border with Smithfield.
