Moline vs Silvis

A side-by-side comparison of Moline and Silvis: population, income, housing, and more.

Moline and Silvis are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Moline has the higher population (42,235 vs 7,939 in Silvis). Silvis has the higher median household income ($67,569 vs $63,959 in Moline). Silvis has the higher median home value ($161,300 vs $141,900 in Moline).

Population, income & housing

	Moline	Silvis
Population	42,235	7,939
Median age	38.7 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,959	$67,569
Median home value	$141,900	$161,300
Median gross rent	$887	$975
Housing units	19,604	4,538
Homeownership rate	66.0%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moline	Silvis
Population	41,920 → 42,235 (+0.8%)	7,497 → 7,939 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$54,431 → $63,959 (+17.5%)	$53,634 → $67,569 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $141,900 (+18.7%)	$117,600 → $161,300 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $887 (+15.2%)	$798 → $975 (+22.2%)

Moline

Population

41,92042,235

Median household income

$54,431$63,959

Median home value

$119,500$141,900

Median gross rent

$770$887

Silvis

Population

7,4977,939

Median household income

$53,634$67,569

Median home value

$117,600$161,300

Median gross rent

$798$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moline	Silvis
Under 5	5.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.5%
75 and over	8.7%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moline	Silvis
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	74.4%
Black or African American	9.9%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moline	Silvis
No high school diploma	10.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moline	Silvis
Drove alone	78.3%	81.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	13.4%
Public transit	1.9%	2.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moline	Silvis
1-unit, detached	67.5%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	22.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Moline	Silvis
Poverty rate	16.0%	16.2%
Average household size	2.31	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1957	1974