Henderson vs Silver City

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

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

Silver City has the higher population (435 vs 205 in Henderson). Silver City has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $51,250 in Henderson). Silver City has the higher median home value ($139,000 vs $87,100 in Henderson).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	Silver City
Population	205	435
Median age	32.6 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$68,214
Median home value	$87,100	$139,000
Median gross rent	$950	$889
Housing units	76	151
Homeownership rate	85.5%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	Silver City
Population	272 → 205 (-24.6%)	241 → 435 (+80.5%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $51,250 (-2.4%)	$62,813 → $68,214 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$71,600 → $87,100 (+21.6%)	$90,000 → $139,000 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $950 (+23.5%)	$736 → $889 (+20.8%)

Henderson

Population

272205

Median household income

$52,500$51,250

Median home value

$71,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$769$950

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)

	Henderson	Silver City
Under 5	9.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	27.8%	22.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	14.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	6.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	5.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	17.1%	11.5%
75 and over	2.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	Silver City
No high school diploma	16.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	42.4%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	Silver City
Drove alone	81.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	13.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.7%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	Silver City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	Silver City
Poverty rate	20.5%	9.4%
Average household size	3.73	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938