Emerson vs Silver City

A side-by-side comparison of Emerson and Silver City: population, income, housing, and more.

Emerson and Silver City are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Emerson has the higher population (547 vs 435 in Silver City). Silver City has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $47,426 in Emerson). Silver City has the higher median home value ($139,000 vs $113,600 in Emerson).

Population, income & housing

	Emerson	Silver City
Population	547	435
Median age	45.1 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,426	$68,214
Median home value	$113,600	$139,000
Median gross rent	$913	$889
Housing units	271	151
Homeownership rate	80.3%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerson	Silver City
Population	491 → 547 (+11.4%)	241 → 435 (+80.5%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $47,426 (-11.8%)	$62,813 → $68,214 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $113,600 (+45.8%)	$90,000 → $139,000 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $913 (+24.6%)	$736 → $889 (+20.8%)

Emerson

Population

491547

Median household income

$53,750$47,426

Median home value

$77,900$113,600

Median gross rent

$733$913

Silver City

Population

241435

Median household income

$62,813$68,214

Median home value

$90,000$139,000

Median gross rent

$736$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerson	Silver City
Under 5	2.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	14.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	19.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.5%
75 and over	7.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerson	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerson	Silver City
No high school diploma	15.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerson	Silver City
Drove alone	88.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	4.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	11.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerson	Silver City
1-unit, detached	90.0%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Emerson	Silver City
Poverty rate	16.3%	9.4%
Average household size	2.35	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938