Pennington vs Silas

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

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

Pennington has the higher population (536 vs 505 in Silas). Silas has the higher median household income ($66,591 vs $28,186 in Pennington). Silas has the higher median home value ($87,100 vs $81,500 in Pennington).

Population, income & housing

	Pennington	Silas
Population	536	505
Median age	38.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$28,186	$66,591
Median home value	$81,500	$87,100
Median gross rent	$376	—
Housing units	291	216
Homeownership rate	73.1%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennington	Silas
Population	321 → 536 (+67.0%)	513 → 505 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$35,893 → $28,186 (-21.5%)	$40,625 → $66,591 (+63.9%)
Median home value	$48,300 → $81,500 (+68.7%)	$82,500 → $87,100 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $376 (-44.7%)	$574 → $593 (+3.3%)

Pennington

Population

321536

Median household income

$35,893$28,186

Median home value

$48,300$81,500

Median gross rent

$680$376

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)

	Pennington	Silas
Under 5	20.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	1.5%	19.0%
35 to 44	25.6%	5.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	24.0%
55 to 64	18.8%	7.7%
65 to 74	1.9%	11.7%
75 and over	1.1%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennington	Silas
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	60.4%
Black or African American	50.0%	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	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennington	Silas
No high school diploma	27.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	23.9%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennington	Silas
Drove alone	80.8%	86.7%
Carpooled	16.4%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	4.4%
Other means	2.1%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennington	Silas
1-unit, detached	52.2%	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	47.8%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Pennington	Silas
Poverty rate	10.8%	12.5%
Average household size	2.53	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	36	38
Median year structure built	1986	1982