Silverton vs Smelterville

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

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

Smelterville has the higher population (670 vs 606 in Silverton). Silverton has the higher median household income ($95,524 vs $46,597 in Smelterville). Silverton has the higher median home value ($281,900 vs $117,600 in Smelterville).

Population, income & housing

	Silverton	Smelterville
Population	606	670
Median age	40.6 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,524	$46,597
Median home value	$281,900	$117,600
Median gross rent	—	$825
Housing units	185	343
Homeownership rate	91.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silverton	Smelterville
Population	309 → 606 (+96.1%)	738 → 670 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$86,895 → $95,524 (+9.9%)	$36,667 → $46,597 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $281,900 (+73.5%)	$68,200 → $117,600 (+72.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$753 → $825 (+9.6%)

Silverton

Population

309606

Median household income

$86,895$95,524

Median home value

$162,500$281,900

Smelterville

Population

738670

Median household income

$36,667$46,597

Median home value

$68,200$117,600

Median gross rent

$753$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silverton	Smelterville
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	37.6%	11.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	22.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	0.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	20.4%
75 and over	13.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silverton	Smelterville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silverton	Smelterville
No high school diploma	8.5%	19.2%
High school graduate	25.7%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silverton	Smelterville
Drove alone	100.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silverton	Smelterville
1-unit, detached	91.9%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Silverton	Smelterville
Poverty rate	5.6%	19.9%
Average household size	2.90	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1959	1947