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Silver City, NM Micro Area

27,775 Population
3,961.2 square miles 7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,209 ±$2,061 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,958 ±$4,212 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.5% ±2.9% (5,268  ±789) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±1.5 (151,265  ±17,758) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,295 ±395 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (27,025  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±2.5% (167  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,755 ±23 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$175,600 ±$11,370 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±2% (2,241  ±557.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.7% ±5% (18,654  ±1,032.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.7% ±2.9% (6,309  ±590.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.6% (1,286  ±370) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.7% ±1.7% (2,207  ±378) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,207 Total veterans ±378 1,915 Male ±321 292 Female ±150

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