Perdido vs Silverhill

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

Perdido 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 515 in Perdido). Silverhill has the higher median household income ($61,081 vs $36,983 in Perdido). Silverhill has the higher median home value ($260,500 vs $214,800 in Perdido).

Population, income & housing

	Perdido	Silverhill
Population	515	929
Median age	48.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,983	$61,081
Median home value	$214,800	$260,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,208
Housing units	249	360
Homeownership rate	86.9%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perdido	Silverhill
Population	795 → 515 (-35.2%)	645 → 929 (+44.0%)
Median household income	$43,026 → $36,983 (-14.0%)	$55,179 → $61,081 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $214,800 (+53.3%)	$191,900 → $260,500 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,026 → $1,208 (+17.7%)

Perdido

Population

795515

Median household income

$43,026$36,983

Median home value

$140,100$214,800

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	Silverhill
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	19.6%
25 to 34	6.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	5.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	21.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	15.7%	5.8%
75 and over	16.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perdido	Silverhill
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	82.0%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perdido	Silverhill
No high school diploma	21.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	37.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perdido	Silverhill
Drove alone	70.3%	84.6%
Carpooled	16.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perdido	Silverhill
1-unit, detached	61.4%	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	38.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Perdido	Silverhill
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1979	1994