Lisman vs Silas

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

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

Silas has the higher population (505 vs 490 in Lisman). Silas has the higher median household income ($66,591 vs $42,109 in Lisman). Silas has the higher median home value ($87,100 vs $73,300 in Lisman).

Population, income & housing

	Lisman	Silas
Population	490	505
Median age	49.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,109	$66,591
Median home value	$73,300	$87,100
Housing units	254	216
Homeownership rate	92.7%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lisman	Silas
Population	580 → 490 (-15.5%)	513 → 505 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$33,214 → $42,109 (+26.8%)	$40,625 → $66,591 (+63.9%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $73,300 (+9.6%)	$82,500 → $87,100 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $823 (+10.5%)	$574 → $593 (+3.3%)

Lisman

Population

580490

Median household income

$33,214$42,109

Median home value

$66,900$73,300

Median gross rent

$745$823

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)

	Lisman	Silas
Under 5	1.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	8.0%	19.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	24.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	7.7%
65 to 74	18.8%	11.7%
75 and over	12.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lisman	Silas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	60.4%
Black or African American	91.8%	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	7.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lisman	Silas
No high school diploma	13.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	19.8%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lisman	Silas
Drove alone	95.0%	86.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	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)

	Lisman	Silas
1-unit, detached	68.1%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.9%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Lisman	Silas
Poverty rate	29.0%	12.5%
Average household size	2.39	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	47	38
Median year structure built	1989	1982