Mullan vs Silverton

A side-by-side comparison of Mullan and Silverton: population, income, housing, and more.

Mullan and Silverton are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mullan has the higher population (758 vs 606 in Silverton). Silverton has the higher median household income ($95,524 vs $51,094 in Mullan). Silverton has the higher median home value ($281,900 vs $169,000 in Mullan).

Population, income & housing

	Mullan	Silverton
Population	758	606
Median age	50.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,094	$95,524
Median home value	$169,000	$281,900
Median gross rent	$936	—
Housing units	464	185
Homeownership rate	81.3%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mullan	Silverton
Population	810 → 758 (-6.4%)	309 → 606 (+96.1%)
Median household income	$43,269 → $51,094 (+18.1%)	$86,895 → $95,524 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $169,000 (+102.4%)	$162,500 → $281,900 (+73.5%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $936 (+33.0%)	—

Mullan

Population

810758

Median household income

$43,269$51,094

Median home value

$83,500$169,000

Median gross rent

$704$936

Silverton

Population

309606

Median household income

$86,895$95,524

Median home value

$162,500$281,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mullan	Silverton
Under 5	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	37.6%
18 to 24	2.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	22.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	0.3%
55 to 64	17.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	15.0%	8.7%
75 and over	11.3%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mullan	Silverton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	94.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
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	5.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mullan	Silverton
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	48.0%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mullan	Silverton
Drove alone	77.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	16.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mullan	Silverton
1-unit, detached	89.7%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	8.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mullan	Silverton
Poverty rate	17.7%	5.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1938	1959