Belzoni vs Silver City

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

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

Belzoni has the higher population (1,664 vs 159 in Silver City). Since 2019, Belzoni's population has grown faster (-22.9% vs -57.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Belzoni	Silver City
Population	1,664	159
Median age	47.4 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	—
Median home value	$103,400	—
Median gross rent	$710	$400
Housing units	851	106
Homeownership rate	66.9%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belzoni	Silver City
Population	2,157 → 1,664 (-22.9%)	370 → 159 (-57.0%)
Median household income	$38,210 → $45,000 (+17.8%)	$18,333 → $18,000 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $103,400 (+52.3%)	$65,000 → $89,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $710 (-1.4%)	$292 → $400 (+37.0%)

Belzoni

Population

2,1571,664

Median household income

$38,210$45,000

Median home value

$67,900$103,400

Median gross rent

$720$710

Silver City

Population

370159

Median household income

$18,333$18,000

Median home value

$65,000$89,600

Median gross rent

$292$400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belzoni	Silver City
Under 5	2.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	10.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	1.3%
25 to 34	8.0%	5.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	35.8%
65 to 74	16.6%	13.8%
75 and over	8.5%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belzoni	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	24.9%	38.4%
Black or African American	72.8%	61.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belzoni	Silver City
No high school diploma	14.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belzoni	Silver City
Drove alone	77.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	19.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	16.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belzoni	Silver City
1-unit, detached	85.5%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Belzoni	Silver City
Poverty rate	15.0%	23.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1965	1980