Pacific Junction vs Silver City

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

Pacific Junction 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 75 in Pacific Junction). Silver City has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $37,250 in Pacific Junction). Silver City has the higher median home value ($139,000 vs $127,900 in Pacific Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Pacific Junction	Silver City
Population	75	435
Median age	59.7 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,250	$68,214
Median home value	$127,900	$139,000
Median gross rent	—	$889
Housing units	65	151
Homeownership rate	86.1%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pacific Junction	Silver City
Population	361 → 75 (-79.2%)	241 → 435 (+80.5%)
Median household income	$49,306 → $37,250 (-24.5%)	$62,813 → $68,214 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $127,900 (+53.2%)	$90,000 → $139,000 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,097 (+27.4%)	$736 → $889 (+20.8%)

Pacific Junction

Population

36175

Median household income

$49,306$37,250

Median home value

$83,500$127,900

Median gross rent

$861$1,097

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)

	Pacific Junction	Silver City
Under 5	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	22.1%
18 to 24	17.3%	14.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	22.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	24.0%	11.5%
75 and over	8.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pacific Junction	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+

	Pacific Junction	Silver City
No high school diploma	12.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	64.5%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pacific Junction	Silver City
Drove alone	88.0%	78.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.7%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pacific Junction	Silver City
1-unit, detached	87.7%	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	12.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Pacific Junction	Silver City
Poverty rate	25.3%	9.4%
Average household size	2.08	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1954	1938