North Smithfield is a medium-sized town located in the state of Rhode Island. With a population of 12,601 people and three associated neighborhoods, North Smithfield is the 27th largest community in Rhode Island. Housing costs in North Smithfield are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Rhode Island.North Smithfield is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, North Smithfield is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in North Smithfield who work in sales jobs (11.00%), management occupations (10.97%), and office and administrative support (10.94%). Of important note, North Smithfield is also a town of artists. North Smithfield has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape North Smithfield’s character. Also of interest is that North Smithfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.71% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small town, North Smithfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of North Smithfield are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.26% of adults in North Smithfield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in North Smithfield in 2022 was $54,094, which is upper middle income relative to Rhode Island, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $216,376 for a family of four. The people who call North Smithfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Smithfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in North Smithfield include French, Irish, French Canadian, Italian, and English. The most common language spoken in North Smithfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
