Glenwood vs Silver City

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

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

Glenwood has the higher population (5,118 vs 435 in Silver City). Glenwood has the higher median household income ($69,320 vs $68,214 in Silver City). Glenwood has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $139,000 in Silver City).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Silver City
Population	5,118	435
Median age	42.3 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,320	$68,214
Median home value	$193,800	$139,000
Median gross rent	$842	$889
Housing units	2,325	151
Homeownership rate	76.6%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Silver City
Population	5,326 → 5,118 (-3.9%)	241 → 435 (+80.5%)
Median household income	$61,930 → $69,320 (+11.9%)	$62,813 → $68,214 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $193,800 (+30.5%)	$90,000 → $139,000 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $842 (+21.2%)	$736 → $889 (+20.8%)

Glenwood

Population

5,3265,118

Median household income

$61,930$69,320

Median home value

$148,500$193,800

Median gross rent

$695$842

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)

	Glenwood	Silver City
Under 5	4.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	22.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	14.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.5%
75 and over	9.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Silver City
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	29.7%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Silver City
Drove alone	80.8%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Silver City
1-unit, detached	71.1%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Silver City
Poverty rate	9.0%	9.4%
Average household size	2.23	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1972	1938