Editing Smyrna, Georgia (section)

==Economy==
===Personal income===
The [[median household income]] in 2018 was $73,788. The [[per capita income]] was $44,823, a 24.7% increase from 2000.

In 2018, the place with the highest median household income in Smyrna was census tract 312.09, with a value of $143,443, followed by census tracts 311.12 and 311.17, with respective values of $108,229 and $89,769.

===Industry===
The [[Atlanta Bread Company]] has its headquarters in Smyrna.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantabread.com/home.php |title=Bread. The man, not the band. |publisher=Atlanta Bread |access-date=September 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918235436/http://atlantabread.com/home.php |archive-date=September 18, 2009 }}</ref>

Companies with an office include [[Eaton Corporation]] and [[IBM]]. Smyrna was the site of the corporate offices of the now-defunct [[World Championship Wrestling]].

====Top employers====
According to the city's ''2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report'', the top employers in the city are:<ref name="cafr2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.smyrnaga.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/12988/638107723107100000 |title=City of Smyrna ACFR|website=smyrnacity.com|access-date=August 24, 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! Employees
|-
| 1
|United Distributors
|800
|-
| 2
|[[Glock Ges.m.b.H.|Glock]]
|638
|-
| 3
|[[UCB (company)|UCB]]
|499
|-
| 4
|[[Publix]]
|384
|-
| 5
|City of Smyrna
|381
|-
| 6
|RV Behavioral LLC
|350
|-
| 7
|[[FedEx Freight]]
|282
|-
| 8
|[[The Kroger Company]]
|244
|-
| 9
|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta]]
|200
|-
| 10
|Delmar Gardens of Smyrna, LLC
|183
|-
|}
On October 31, 2014, Emory Healthcare closed the Emory Adventist Hospital at Smyrna. They have since announced plans to renovate and reopen the hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spectrummagazine.org/article/2016/02/29/emory-healthcare-will-renovate-and-reopen-shuttered-emory-adventist-hospital|title = Emory Healthcare Will Renovate and Reopen Shuttered Emory-Adventist Hospital| date=February 29, 2016 }}</ref>

====Private projects====
[[File:Smyrna Georgia Market Village.JPG|thumb|Market Village]]
In 1991, the city began a community redevelopment project known as "Market Village," in order to create a well-defined downtown. Included were a community center and {{convert|28000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} public library. A mixed retail and residential district was modeled after an early 1900s city village, including a square with a fountain. This, and other expansions have revitalized the downtown area. Further redevelopment has occurred throughout the city—including thousands of new homes – mostly cluster homes, townhouse and condo communities replacing older neighborhoods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smyrnavinings.com/smyrna-market-village-shopping/|title=Smyrna Market Village|website=SmyrnaVinings.com|date=December 5, 2007 |access-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trulia.com/GA/Smyrna/|title=Smyrna Real Estate & Smyrna Homes For Sale |website=Trulia.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref> The population has risen as a result of redevelopment, a few annexations, and Smyrna's location as a residential suburb in the Northwest center of metro Atlanta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newcomeratlanta.com/articles/2011/atlanta-top-100-neighborhoods.html|title=Top 100 Neighborhoods in Metro Atlanta|website=newcomeratlanta.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=kf7tgg1uo9ude_&met_y=population&idim=place:1371492&dl=en&hl=en&q=smyrna,+ga+population|title=Population in the U.S. – Google Public Data Explorer|website=Google.ca|access-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref>

There are additional mixed retail/residential/office redevelopments near the city center, including Jonquil Plaza, Belmont Hills plaza, and The Crossings.

==== Public projects ====
In September 2019, the James M. Cox Foundation gave $6 million to the [[PATH Foundation]], which will connect the Silver Comet Trail terminus in Smyrna to the [[BeltLine|Atlanta Beltline]]. It is expected to be completed by 2022. The combined length of the Silver Comet and the Beltline will make it the longest paved trail surface in the U.S., totaling approximately {{convert|300|mi|km|abbr=off|sp=us}}; one could travel from Atlanta to [[Anniston, Alabama]] via the trail alone.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Lutz|first1=Meris|last2=Journal-Constitution|first2=The Atlanta|title=Cox gives $6 million to connect Silver Comet to Atlanta|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/cox-gives-million-connect-silver-comet-atlanta/pKMbgS1tDhORwX182Mt3II/|access-date=2020-09-14|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|language=en}}</ref>

==== Media outlets ====
Smyrna and Vinings' community newspaper is  ''The Bright Side''. It is dedicated to publishing positive events that occur in Cobb County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brightsidecobb.com/|title=The Bright Side Community Newspaper – Smyrna, GA|website=Bright Side Cobb|access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref>