Silver Creek vs South Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Silver Creek and South Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

Silver Creek and South Haven are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Haven has the higher population (208 vs 156 in Silver Creek). South Haven has the higher median household income ($102,500 vs $66,500 in Silver Creek). Silver Creek has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $192,300 in South Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Creek	South Haven
Population	156	208
Median age	64.8 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,500	$102,500
Median home value	$400,000	$192,300
Housing units	74	91
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Creek	South Haven
Population	272 → 156 (-42.6%)	179 → 208 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$61,125 → $66,500 (+8.8%)	$51,875 → $102,500 (+97.6%)
Median home value	$198,100 → $400,000 (+101.9%)	$121,300 → $192,300 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $708 (-0.7%)	$1,000 → $1,089 (+8.9%)

Silver Creek

Population

272156

Median household income

$61,125$66,500

Median home value

$198,100$400,000

Median gross rent

$713$708

South Haven

Population

179208

Median household income

$51,875$102,500

Median home value

$121,300$192,300

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Creek	South Haven
Under 5	5.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	5.8%	12.0%
18 to 24	3.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	30.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	3.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	26.3%	6.3%
75 and over	22.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Creek	South Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	3.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Creek	South Haven
No high school diploma	13.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	46.6%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Creek	South Haven
Drove alone	85.9%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Creek	South Haven
1-unit, detached	100.0%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Silver Creek	South Haven
Poverty rate	6.4%	13.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1950	1958