Isola vs Silver City

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

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

Isola has the higher population (844 vs 159 in Silver City). Since 2019, Isola's population has grown faster (+10.9% vs -57.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Isola	Silver City
Population	844	159
Median age	36.7 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,313	—
Median home value	$100,000	—
Median gross rent	$590	$400
Housing units	374	106
Homeownership rate	54.2%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Isola	Silver City
Population	761 → 844 (+10.9%)	370 → 159 (-57.0%)
Median household income	$26,875 → $40,313 (+50.0%)	$18,333 → $18,000 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $100,000 (+22.1%)	$65,000 → $89,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $590 (-13.9%)	$292 → $400 (+37.0%)

Isola

Population

761844

Median household income

$26,875$40,313

Median home value

$81,900$100,000

Median gross rent

$685$590

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)

	Isola	Silver City
Under 5	9.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	10.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	1.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	5.7%
35 to 44	17.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	35.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	13.8%
75 and over	4.9%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Isola	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	6.6%	38.4%
Black or African American	93.2%	61.6%
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	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Isola	Silver City
No high school diploma	26.7%	12.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Isola	Silver City
Drove alone	78.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	21.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	16.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Isola	Silver City
1-unit, detached	79.1%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Isola	Silver City
Poverty rate	31.9%	23.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1978	1980