Silver Cliff vs Westcliffe

A side-by-side comparison of Silver Cliff and Westcliffe: population, income, housing, and more.

Silver Cliff and Westcliffe are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Silver Cliff has the higher population (783 vs 459 in Westcliffe). Westcliffe has the higher median household income ($65,074 vs $32,083 in Silver Cliff). Westcliffe has the higher median home value ($326,000 vs $261,100 in Silver Cliff).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Cliff	Westcliffe
Population	783	459
Median age	39.5 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,083	$65,074
Median home value	$261,100	$326,000
Median gross rent	$979	$908
Housing units	384	378
Homeownership rate	60.8%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Cliff	Westcliffe
Population	565 → 783 (+38.6%)	368 → 459 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$26,818 → $32,083 (+19.6%)	$33,750 → $65,074 (+92.8%)
Median home value	$144,700 → $261,100 (+80.4%)	$208,300 → $326,000 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $979 (+51.5%)	$667 → $908 (+36.1%)

Silver Cliff

Population

565783

Median household income

$26,818$32,083

Median home value

$144,700$261,100

Median gross rent

$646$979

Westcliffe

Population

368459

Median household income

$33,750$65,074

Median home value

$208,300$326,000

Median gross rent

$667$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Cliff	Westcliffe
Under 5	2.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	28.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	17.1%	18.1%
75 and over	7.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Cliff	Westcliffe
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Cliff	Westcliffe
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	32.2%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Cliff	Westcliffe
Drove alone	73.0%	49.3%
Carpooled	14.4%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	25.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	24.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Cliff	Westcliffe
1-unit, detached	68.2%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Silver Cliff	Westcliffe
Poverty rate	17.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.45	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1982	1982