Perdido Beach vs Silverhill

A side-by-side comparison of Perdido Beach and Silverhill: population, income, housing, and more.

Perdido Beach and Silverhill are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Silverhill has the higher population (929 vs 595 in Perdido Beach). Perdido Beach has the higher median household income ($71,429 vs $61,081 in Silverhill). Perdido Beach has the higher median home value ($309,100 vs $260,500 in Silverhill).

Population, income & housing

	Perdido Beach	Silverhill
Population	595	929
Median age	57.9 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,429	$61,081
Median home value	$309,100	$260,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,208
Housing units	371	360
Homeownership rate	96.2%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perdido Beach	Silverhill
Population	494 → 595 (+20.4%)	645 → 929 (+44.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $71,429 (+46.5%)	$55,179 → $61,081 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $309,100 (+79.6%)	$191,900 → $260,500 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $930 (+1.1%)	$1,026 → $1,208 (+17.7%)

Perdido Beach

Population

494595

Median household income

$48,750$71,429

Median home value

$172,100$309,100

Median gross rent

$920$930

Silverhill

Population

645929

Median household income

$55,179$61,081

Median home value

$191,900$260,500

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perdido Beach	Silverhill
Under 5	2.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	19.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.7%	5.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	21.1%
55 to 64	18.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	24.5%	5.8%
75 and over	14.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perdido Beach	Silverhill
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perdido Beach	Silverhill
No high school diploma	3.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	29.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perdido Beach	Silverhill
Drove alone	90.9%	84.6%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	7.9%
Other means	0.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perdido Beach	Silverhill
1-unit, detached	85.7%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Perdido Beach	Silverhill
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1985	1994