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Silver City, NM Micro Area

27,856 Population
3,961.2 square miles 7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,395 ±$2,336 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$45,921 ±$3,171 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19.5% ±2.8% (5,273  ±748) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

18.6 minutes ±1.3 (155,530  ±17,275) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

11,069 ±425 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (27,005  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.5% ±2.2% (175  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

14,664 ±44 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$164,400 ±$7,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.9% ±2.3% (2,729  ±636) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.7% ±5% (18,500  ±1,054.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
28.8% ±2.7% (5,932  ±563.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.1% (1,129  ±283) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

11.1% ±1.7% (2,527  ±382) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,527 Total veterans ±382 2,261 Male ±369 266 Female ±163

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