Silver Grove vs Wilder

A side-by-side comparison of Silver Grove and Wilder: population, income, housing, and more.

Silver Grove and Wilder are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wilder has the higher population (3,148 vs 1,104 in Silver Grove). Wilder has the higher median household income ($71,567 vs $46,315 in Silver Grove). Wilder has the higher median home value ($137,600 vs $103,400 in Silver Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Grove	Wilder
Population	1,104	3,148
Median age	47.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,315	$71,567
Median home value	$103,400	$137,600
Median gross rent	$675	$1,376
Housing units	611	1,747
Homeownership rate	56.2%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Grove	Wilder
Population	1,499 → 1,104 (-26.4%)	3,088 → 3,148 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$56,389 → $46,315 (-17.9%)	$66,190 → $71,567 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $103,400 (-1.1%)	$140,000 → $137,600 (-1.7%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $675 (+4.0%)	$1,070 → $1,376 (+28.6%)

Silver Grove

Population

1,4991,104

Median household income

$56,389$46,315

Median home value

$104,600$103,400

Median gross rent

$649$675

Wilder

Population

3,0883,148

Median household income

$66,190$71,567

Median home value

$140,000$137,600

Median gross rent

$1,070$1,376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Grove	Wilder
Under 5	3.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.2%	9.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	20.7%
35 to 44	18.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	20.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	18.8%	17.9%
65 to 74	4.3%	14.2%
75 and over	8.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Grove	Wilder
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Grove	Wilder
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	51.2%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Grove	Wilder
Drove alone	88.2%	72.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Grove	Wilder
1-unit, detached	57.3%	35.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	46.4%
20 or more units	6.5%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Silver Grove	Wilder
Poverty rate	11.4%	15.8%
Average household size	1.79	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1949	1992