Silverton vs Wardner

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

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

Silverton has the higher population (606 vs 300 in Wardner). Wardner has the higher median home value ($302,900 vs $281,900 in Silverton). Since 2019, Silverton's population has grown faster (+96.1% vs +58.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Silverton	Wardner
Population	606	300
Median age	40.6 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,524	—
Median home value	$281,900	$302,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,119
Housing units	185	157
Homeownership rate	91.9%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silverton	Wardner
Population	309 → 606 (+96.1%)	189 → 300 (+58.7%)
Median household income	$86,895 → $95,524 (+9.9%)	$45,000 → $34,643 (-23.0%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $281,900 (+73.5%)	$111,300 → $302,900 (+172.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$645 → $1,119 (+73.5%)

Silverton

Population

309606

Median household income

$86,895$95,524

Median home value

$162,500$281,900

Wardner

Population

189300

Median household income

$45,000$34,643

Median home value

$111,300$302,900

Median gross rent

$645$1,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silverton	Wardner
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	37.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	34.7%
35 to 44	22.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	0.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.0%
75 and over	13.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silverton	Wardner
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silverton	Wardner
No high school diploma	8.5%	0.4%
High school graduate	25.7%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silverton	Wardner
Drove alone	100.0%	93.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silverton	Wardner
1-unit, detached	91.9%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Silverton	Wardner
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1959	1938