Elsberry vs Silex

A side-by-side comparison of Elsberry and Silex: population, income, housing, and more.

Elsberry and Silex are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elsberry has the higher population (2,010 vs 383 in Silex). Silex has the higher median home value ($176,100 vs $113,300 in Elsberry). Since 2019, Silex's population has grown faster (+463.2% vs -12.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Elsberry	Silex
Population	2,010	383
Median age	31.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,226	—
Median home value	$113,300	$176,100
Median gross rent	$901	$688
Housing units	748	116
Homeownership rate	54.3%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsberry	Silex
Population	2,303 → 2,010 (-12.7%)	68 → 383 (+463.2%)
Median household income	$35,991 → $49,226 (+36.8%)	$86,250 → $35,938 (-58.3%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $113,300 (+35.4%)	$155,800 → $176,100 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $901 (+14.2%)	$715 → $688 (-3.8%)

Elsberry

Population

2,3032,010

Median household income

$35,991$49,226

Median home value

$83,700$113,300

Median gross rent

$789$901

Silex

Population

68383

Median household income

$86,250$35,938

Median home value

$155,800$176,100

Median gross rent

$715$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elsberry	Silex
Under 5	6.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	21.9%	27.2%
18 to 24	13.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	6.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.9%
75 and over	4.0%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsberry	Silex
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	95.6%
Black or African American	5.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsberry	Silex
No high school diploma	9.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	41.6%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsberry	Silex
Drove alone	79.2%	73.5%
Carpooled	13.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	15.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.9%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsberry	Silex
1-unit, detached	73.0%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Elsberry	Silex
Poverty rate	24.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.75	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1965	2013