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Silver City, NM

9,574 Population
10.1 square miles 946.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 49 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,083 ±$2,610 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $30,395 ±$2,336
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$39,025 ±$7,073 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $45,921 ±$3,171
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

21.6% ±5.5% (1,986  ±509) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 19.5% † 5,273 (±2.8% / ±748)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

16.8 minutes ±3.8 (51,050  ±13,480) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 18.6 155,530 (±1.3 / ±17,275)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

3,803 ±309 Number of households
  • the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 11,069 ±425
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.4 ±0.2 (9,194  ±29) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 2.4 27,005 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

7.2% ±4.9% (147  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 3.5% † 175 (±2.2% / ±109)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

5,010 ±296 Number of housing units
  • the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 14,664 ±44
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$160,900 ±$15,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $164,400 ±$7,452
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

17.5% ±5.6% (1,638  ±523.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 9.9% † 2,729 (±2.3% / ±636)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

90.3% ±8.5% (6,156  ±668.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 89.7% 18,500 (±5% / ±1,054.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
32.4% ±5.1% (2,210  ±369.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 28.8% 5,932 (±2.7% / ±563.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 30.2% 438,228 (±0.4% / ±5,096.3)

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

5.4% ±1.6% (517  ±152) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 4.1% 1,129
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

10.5% ±2.7% (779  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 11.1% † 2,527 (±1.7% / ±382)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
779 Total veterans ±204 729 Male ±209 50 Female ±47

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