Silverhill vs Summerdale

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

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

Summerdale has the higher population (1,589 vs 929 in Silverhill). Summerdale has the higher median household income ($67,768 vs $61,081 in Silverhill). Silverhill has the higher median home value ($260,500 vs $244,900 in Summerdale).

Population, income & housing

	Silverhill	Summerdale
Population	929	1,589
Median age	35.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,081	$67,768
Median home value	$260,500	$244,900
Median gross rent	$1,208	$1,038
Housing units	360	691
Homeownership rate	79.9%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silverhill	Summerdale
Population	645 → 929 (+44.0%)	1,135 → 1,589 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$55,179 → $61,081 (+10.7%)	$48,750 → $67,768 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$191,900 → $260,500 (+35.7%)	$173,200 → $244,900 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,208 (+17.7%)	$821 → $1,038 (+26.4%)

Silverhill

Population

645929

Median household income

$55,179$61,081

Median home value

$191,900$260,500

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,208

Summerdale

Population

1,1351,589

Median household income

$48,750$67,768

Median home value

$173,200$244,900

Median gross rent

$821$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silverhill	Summerdale
Under 5	3.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	9.6%
18 to 24	19.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	15.0%
35 to 44	5.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	21.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	5.8%	15.7%
75 and over	7.8%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silverhill	Summerdale
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silverhill	Summerdale
No high school diploma	10.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	37.3%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silverhill	Summerdale
Drove alone	84.6%	81.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	2.9%
Other means	2.4%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silverhill	Summerdale
1-unit, detached	97.8%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Silverhill	Summerdale
Poverty rate	6.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1994	2002