Monticello vs Silver Creek

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

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

Monticello has the higher population (1,277 vs 183 in Silver Creek). Monticello has the higher median household income ($28,920 vs $26,250 in Silver Creek). Monticello has the higher median home value ($114,200 vs $103,600 in Silver Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Monticello	Silver Creek
Population	1,277	183
Median age	41.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$28,920	$26,250
Median home value	$114,200	$103,600
Median gross rent	$394	—
Housing units	789	83
Homeownership rate	68.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monticello	Silver Creek
Population	1,369 → 1,277 (-6.7%)	197 → 183 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$31,731 → $28,920 (-8.9%)	$23,929 → $26,250 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $114,200 (+15.5%)	$77,000 → $103,600 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $394 (-33.1%)	—

Monticello

Population

1,3691,277

Median household income

$31,731$28,920

Median home value

$98,900$114,200

Median gross rent

$589$394

Silver Creek

Population

197183

Median household income

$23,929$26,250

Median home value

$77,000$103,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monticello	Silver Creek
Under 5	8.7%	12.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	1.6%
25 to 34	5.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	4.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	16.4%
75 and over	7.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monticello	Silver Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	68.9%
Black or African American	26.5%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monticello	Silver Creek
No high school diploma	11.9%	30.0%
High school graduate	40.2%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monticello	Silver Creek
Drove alone	96.4%	70.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	18.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monticello	Silver Creek
1-unit, detached	74.5%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Monticello	Silver Creek
Poverty rate	30.2%	31.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1973	1971