Gilbertown vs Silas

A side-by-side comparison of Gilbertown and Silas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gilbertown has the higher population (772 vs 505 in Silas). Silas has the higher median household income ($66,591 vs $66,300 in Gilbertown). Gilbertown has the higher median home value ($178,400 vs $87,100 in Silas).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbertown	Silas
Population	772	505
Median age	50.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,300	$66,591
Median home value	$178,400	$87,100
Median gross rent	$883	—
Housing units	420	216
Homeownership rate	81.2%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbertown	Silas
Population	256 → 772 (+201.6%)	513 → 505 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$51,042 → $66,300 (+29.9%)	$40,625 → $66,591 (+63.9%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $178,400 (+51.8%)	$82,500 → $87,100 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$285 → $883 (+209.8%)	$574 → $593 (+3.3%)

Gilbertown

Population

256772

Median household income

$51,042$66,300

Median home value

$117,500$178,400

Median gross rent

$285$883

Silas

Population

513505

Median household income

$40,625$66,591

Median home value

$82,500$87,100

Median gross rent

$574$593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilbertown	Silas
Under 5	2.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	3.6%	19.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	5.9%
45 to 54	19.7%	24.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	14.9%	11.7%
75 and over	7.3%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbertown	Silas
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	60.4%
Black or African American	10.1%	35.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbertown	Silas
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	39.3%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbertown	Silas
Drove alone	72.5%	86.7%
Carpooled	27.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilbertown	Silas
1-unit, detached	68.3%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.8%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Gilbertown	Silas
Poverty rate	11.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.38	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	36	38
Median year structure built	1988	1982