Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Silver City, NM

9,536 Population
10.1 square miles 942.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

40.8 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 49.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$28,322 ±$3,576 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $31,209 ±$2,061
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$38,711 ±$7,855 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $44,958 ±$4,212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

23.7% ±6.7% (2,179  ±613) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 19.5% † 5,268 (±2.9% / ±789)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

14.8 minutes ±3.4 (43,490  ±12,093) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 17.9 151,265 (±1.5 / ±17,758)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

3,878 ±312 Number of households
  • the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 11,295 ±395
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
2.4 ±0.2 (9,210  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 2.4 27,025 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

7.6% ±6.1% (152  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 3.4% † 167 (±2.5% / ±126)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)

Housing

4,980 ±304 Number of housing units
  • the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 14,755 ±23
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$182,100 ±$30,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $175,600 ±$11,370
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

13.3% ±4.6% (1,246  ±431.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 8.1% † 2,241 (±2% / ±557.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

93.2% ±8.7% (6,434  ±673) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 90.7% 18,654 (±5% / ±1,032.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
35.8% ±5.6% (2,470  ±405.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 30.7% 6,309 (±2.9% / ±590.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)

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

5.6% ±2.5% (534  ±235) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 4.6% 1,286
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

9.2% ±2.7% (686  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 9.7% † 2,207 (±1.7% / ±378)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
686 Total veterans ±201 621 Male ±180 65 Female ±48

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.