Mineola vs Silver City

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

Mineola 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 115 in Mineola). Mineola has the higher median household income ($99,375 vs $68,214 in Silver City). Since 2019, Silver City's population has grown faster (+80.5% vs -48.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Mineola	Silver City
Population	115	435
Median age	14.4 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$99,375	$68,214
Median home value	—	$139,000
Median gross rent	—	$889
Housing units	101	151
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineola	Silver City
Population	224 → 115 (-48.7%)	241 → 435 (+80.5%)
Median household income	$58,942 → $99,375 (+68.6%)	$62,813 → $68,214 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $106,900 (+0.1%)	$90,000 → $139,000 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$736 → $889 (+20.8%)

Mineola

Population

224115

Median household income

$58,942$99,375

Median home value

$106,800$106,900

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)

	Mineola	Silver City
Under 5	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	57.4%	22.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	20.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	8.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.5%
75 and over	6.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineola	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineola	Silver City
No high school diploma	14.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	20.4%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	49.0%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineola	Silver City
Drove alone	100.0%	78.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineola	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

	Mineola	Silver City
Poverty rate	6.1%	9.4%
Average household size	3.97	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938