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The median home value in Smithfield, NC is $295,217 as of 2026-06-30, down 0.31% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$295,217
Year-over-Year
-0.31%
Population
12,852
Smithfield ranks #56 of 101 North Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 4.9% below the state's city median of $310,273. It sits in Johnston County, where the county-wide median is $345,344.
Smithfield police recorded a violent crime rate of 490 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 3,564 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Smithfield is $295,217. That's down 0.31% from a year earlier. That is about 4.9% below the typical county in North Carolina.
Homes in Smithfield are cheaper than Johnston County as a whole, where the median is $345,344 — a difference of about 14.5%.
Smithfield police reported 490 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 12,852. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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