town / Western Tidewater
Smithfield
A town-scale base with a riverside park.
Windsor Castle Park gives Smithfield a concrete walking, paddling and outdoor anchor. Compare it with the wider county, without duplicating population or employer counts.
Editorial place sketch · research snapshot, not verified personal suitability.
Smithfield is within Isle of Wight County. Town and county populations overlap. Service and tax relationships require address-level verification.
POPULATION
9,1122025 estimate · Primary source
Population evidenceCOUNTY / SHARED ECONOMIC CONTEXT
$1.65BIsle of Wight County · 2024 · current dollars
Economic evidenceSCHOOL-DIVISION DIRECTORY
9Isle of Wight · entries as of 2026-09-06
School inventory evidenceGDP and school counts are context—not desirability scores. School counts describe the serving division, not necessarily buildings inside this place.
PUBLIC SAFETY & LAW ENFORCEMENT
Regional benchmark (cities and counties): 314 violent / 1,674 property per 100kVirginia State Police Uniform Crime Reporting / VIBRS (2024). Standardized per-capita exposure rates, not subjective neighborhood reputation.
VIOLENT CRIME RATE
140.0↓ Below regional avg (313.8) · per 100k
Hand-entered town figure, pending verification
VSP VIBRS evidencePROPERTY CRIME RATE
890.0↓ Below regional avg (1,674) · 2024
Hand-entered town figure, pending verification
VSP VIBRS evidenceSWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT
25Authorized sworn police/sheriff officers
Hand-entered town figure, pending verification
Staffing evidenceSCHOOL DIVISION BENCHMARKS
Regional benchmark (cities and counties): 74.6% SOL · 90.8% GraduationVirginia Department of Education (VDOE) 2023–2024 School Quality Profiles for serving division (Isle of Wight).
SOL COMPOSITE PASS RATE
78.2%↑ At or above regional avg (74.6%)
Serving school division: Isle of Wight
VDOE Quality ProfileON-TIME GRADUATION RATE
93.8%↑ At or above regional avg (90.8%)
Serving school division: Isle of Wight
VDOE Quality ProfileSERVING SCHOOL DIVISION
Isle of Wight4 elementary · 3 middle · 2 high · 0 prekindergarten · 0 charter
Directory detailsHOUSING COSTS & LOCAL TAXES
Regional benchmark (cities and counties): $329k home · $1,381 rent · $0.94 taxU.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2020–2024) and Virginia Department of Taxation (TY 2024).
MEDIAN HOME VALUE
$375kHigher than regional mean ($329k)
±$18,404 margin (90% confidence)
Census ACS evidenceMEDIAN MONTHLY RENT
$1,195At or below regional mean ($1,381)
±$150 margin (90% confidence)
Census ACS evidenceREAL ESTATE TAX RATE
$0.87At or below regional avg ($0.94)
County levy plus town levy for town residents; shown for context, not ranked
Virginia Tax SurveyINDEPENDENT FOOD SCENE
Regional benchmark (cities and counties): 14.4 cuisine groups · 15.8 restaurants per 10kOverture Maps and OpenStreetMap establishment records (2026), chains excluded by brand or name. Counts, not ratings.
DISTINCT CUISINE GROUPS
10barbecue · chinese · italian · japanese · latin american · mexican · pan asian · seafood · southern · thai
Overture Places evidenceINDEPENDENT RESTAURANTS
1415.4 per 10,000 residents
OpenStreetMap cross-checkINDEPENDENT COFFEE ROASTERS
05 independent coffee shops; no roastery self-described on its own site
Roaster sites verified 2026-09-08ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION & DAILY COMMUTE
Regional benchmark (cities and counties): 26.9 min commute · 90.5% broadbandHRTPO Regional Active Transportation Network & U.S. Census Bureau commuting data.
MULTI-USE TRAIL MILEAGE
5.5 miDesignated paved greenways and multi-use paths
Hand-entered town figure, pending verification
HRTPO Active TransportationMEAN COMMUTE TIME
28.1 minLonger than regional avg (26.9m)
±4.8 min margin (90% confidence)
Census ACS evidenceBROADBAND ADOPTION
84.7%Below regional adoption (90.5%)
±1.2 pts margin (90% confidence)
Census ACS evidenceRECORDED OPPORTUNITIES
Get to know the place.
Windsor Castle Park
Riverside park, trails and kayak/canoe launch in Smithfield, not Windsor.
Verify current conditions, permission, and usable access.
Windsor Castle ParkTRADEOFFS & NEXT CHECKS
What to look into.
Employer list is county context, not a town top 10.
County school entries are not schools physically in town.
Actual housing, routes, school assignment, provider access, taxes, insurance, and parcel risks require address-level verification.
Serving school division
Isle of Wight
4 elementary · 3 middle · 2 high · 0 prekindergarten · 0 charter
ECONOMIC CONTEXT
Top 10 reported employers
reported locality employment · 2025 Q1
Published 2025-08-15; table visually reviewed, PDF page 23. Source reporting entities retained; no brand-level aggregation.
verified ranked 10- Smithfield Fresh Meats Corporation
- Isle of Wight County School Board
- County of Isle of Wight
- International Paper Company
- Smithfield Support Services Corp
- Green Mountain Coffee Roa Inc
- Food Lion
- Cost Plus Inc
- Publix Nc Employee Services, LLC
- Tak Investments Holding LLC
Sources, dates & geographic scope · 15 records
- HRPDC locality directory
HRPDC · period 2026-09-06 · reviewed 2026-09-06
- Regional water supply planning participating localities
HRPDC · period 2026-09-06 · reviewed 2026-09-06
27-place baseline; updated water planning additionally includes New Kent. Registry is a product scope, not an MSA definition.
- 2024 nominal GDP: Isle of Wight County
BEA via Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · period 2024 · reviewed 2026-09-06
Source units thousands of current US dollars. Stored value converted to USD. Updated 2026-02-05.
- VDOE public-school directory: Isle of Wight
Virginia Department of Education · period 2026-09-06 · reviewed 2026-09-06
Manual count of directory entries; category is VDOE-reported. Not all private schools, not enrollment, not distinct buildings, not quality.
- Census QuickFacts: Smithfield
US Census Bureau · period 2025-07-01 · reviewed 2026-09-06
Population is Vintage 2025; ACS values separately carry 2020-2024 period.
- Top 10 reported employers
Virginia Works / Isle of Wight · period 2025 Q1 · reviewed 2026-09-06
Published 2025-08-15; table visually reviewed, PDF page 23. Source reporting entities retained; no brand-level aggregation.
- Windsor Castle Park
Smithfield Parks & Recreation · period 2026-09-06 · reviewed 2026-09-06
- Virginia State Police 2024 Crime in Virginia (VIBRS)
Virginia State Police · period 2024 · reviewed 2026-09-07
Incident-based violent and property offense reporting across independent cities, counties, and municipal law enforcement agencies. Values entered manually from the published tables; no archived document hash.
- Virginia Department of Education 2023-2024 School Quality Profiles
Virginia Department of Education · period 2023-2024 · reviewed 2026-09-07
Accreditation benchmarks, composite Standards of Learning (SOL) pass rates, 4-year on-time graduation cohorts, and student growth. Values entered manually from the published tables; no archived document hash.
- Virginia Department of Taxation 2024 Local Tax Rates Survey
Virginia Department of Taxation · period 2024 · reviewed 2026-09-07
Annual compilation of nominal real estate and personal property tax rates per $100 assessed value for all 95 counties, 38 independent cities, and 190 incorporated towns. Read from the TY 2024 PDF (https://www.tax.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/2024-local-tax-rates.pdf, sha256 d5c22251be9c2ea0b58c0dfa771538feb591ac6f7114395e229643a39976499c); text extract archived under data/hampton-roads/tax/raw. Town figures are the county levy plus the town levy.
- HRTPO Regional Active Transportation Network & Multi-Use Trails Inventory
Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization · period 2024 · reviewed 2026-09-08
Off-road paved greenways, multi-use paths, and active transportation corridors across member jurisdictions. Landing page; inventory table not archived. Values entered manually from the published tables; no archived document hash.
- Overture Maps Foundation Places, release 2026-08-19.0 (Hampton Roads extract)
Overture Maps Foundation · period 2026-08 · reviewed 2026-09-08
Open places dataset (ODbL and CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Regional extract archived under data/hampton-roads/food/raw with a content hash. Names, categories, brands and coordinates only; no ratings.
- OpenStreetMap restaurants, cafes and coffee roasters via Overpass (Hampton Roads extract)
OpenStreetMap contributors · period 2026-09 · reviewed 2026-09-08
ODbL. Used for cuisine tags and chain (brand) cross-checks within 150 m of an Overture record. Extract archived with a content hash.
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb county-equivalent and incorporated-place boundaries
U.S. Census Bureau · period 2026 · reviewed 2026-09-08
Polygons used to assign each establishment to a city, county or town by point-in-polygon. Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2020-2024 (detailed tables B25077, B25064, B19013, B08013, B08303, B28002, B25003)
U.S. Census Bureau · period 2020-2024 · reviewed 2026-09-08
Public table-based summary files (no API key). The 27 Hampton Roads rows of each table, the geography rows and the variable definitions are archived under data/hampton-roads/acs/raw with content hashes; margins of error are 90 percent. Medians are published directly; commute, broadband and owner-occupancy are derived from published counts with Census ratio/proportion margin formulas.
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