Dunnellon vs Silver Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Dunnellon and Silver Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Dunnellon and Silver Springs are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Silver Springs has the higher population (2,640 vs 2,434 in Dunnellon). Dunnellon has the higher median household income ($40,707 vs $32,228 in Silver Springs). Since 2019, Dunnellon's population has grown faster (+18.3% vs -21.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Dunnellon	Silver Springs
Population	2,434	2,640
Median age	58.4 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,707	$32,228
Median home value	$179,800	—
Median gross rent	$749	$1,143
Housing units	1,616	1,535
Homeownership rate	73.1%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunnellon	Silver Springs
Population	2,057 → 2,434 (+18.3%)	3,359 → 2,640 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$33,197 → $40,707 (+22.6%)	$32,786 → $32,228 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$144,000 → $179,800 (+24.9%)	$14,400 → $28,800 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $749 (+13.0%)	$880 → $1,143 (+29.9%)

Dunnellon

Population

2,0572,434

Median household income

$33,197$40,707

Median home value

$144,000$179,800

Median gross rent

$663$749

Silver Springs

Population

3,3592,640

Median household income

$32,786$32,228

Median home value

$14,400$28,800

Median gross rent

$880$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunnellon	Silver Springs
Under 5	4.1%	12.6%
5 to 17	11.4%	10.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	22.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	24.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	17.7%	9.3%
75 and over	12.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunnellon	Silver Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	42.3%
Black or African American	5.1%	35.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunnellon	Silver Springs
No high school diploma	12.2%	15.8%
High school graduate	25.9%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunnellon	Silver Springs
Drove alone	70.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunnellon	Silver Springs
1-unit, detached	61.2%	7.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	44.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Dunnellon	Silver Springs
Poverty rate	18.1%	28.5%
Average household size	1.86	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1983	1984