Silverton vs Wallace

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

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

Wallace has the higher population (1,127 vs 606 in Silverton). Silverton has the higher median household income ($95,524 vs $50,526 in Wallace). Silverton has the higher median home value ($281,900 vs $219,200 in Wallace).

Population, income & housing

	Silverton	Wallace
Population	606	1,127
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$95,524	$50,526
Median home value	$281,900	$219,200
Median gross rent	—	$731
Housing units	185	647
Homeownership rate	91.9%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silverton	Wallace
Population	309 → 606 (+96.1%)	946 → 1,127 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$86,895 → $95,524 (+9.9%)	$36,000 → $50,526 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $281,900 (+73.5%)	$119,000 → $219,200 (+84.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$701 → $731 (+4.3%)

Silverton

Population

309606

Median household income

$86,895$95,524

Median home value

$162,500$281,900

Wallace

Population

9461,127

Median household income

$36,000$50,526

Median home value

$119,000$219,200

Median gross rent

$701$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silverton	Wallace
Under 5	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	37.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	22.8%	18.6%
45 to 54	0.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.1%
75 and over	13.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silverton	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silverton	Wallace
No high school diploma	8.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	25.7%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silverton	Wallace
Drove alone	100.0%	68.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silverton	Wallace
1-unit, detached	91.9%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Silverton	Wallace
Poverty rate	5.6%	20.2%
Average household size	2.90	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1959	1938