Smithville is a city in Lee County, Georgia, home to about 285 people across 2.5 square miles. Its ZIP code is 31787.
Homes sold for a median of $186 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Smithville. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)122 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (ABY)24 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Atlanta, GA130 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Houston, TX677 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Smithville; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Smithville had 593 residents in the 2020 census, down 23% since 2000.
It’s the 569th largest of 669 towns in Georgia by population.
Lee County grew from 10,344 residents in 1900 to 33,163 in 2020.
Lee County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 91°F in summer, and winter lows average 35°F. About 53.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 0 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Americus, GA weather station (10 miles away).
4,476 jobs at 440 businesses in Lee County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
2 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Smithville.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 2 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Libraries
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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