Moscow Mills vs Silex

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

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

Moscow Mills has the higher population (3,647 vs 383 in Silex). Moscow Mills has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $176,100 in Silex). Since 2019, Silex's population has grown faster (+463.2% vs +20.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Moscow Mills	Silex
Population	3,647	383
Median age	32.9 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,451	—
Median home value	$186,900	$176,100
Median gross rent	$980	$688
Housing units	1,416	116
Homeownership rate	71.0%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moscow Mills	Silex
Population	3,034 → 3,647 (+20.2%)	68 → 383 (+463.2%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $68,451 (+54.3%)	$86,250 → $35,938 (-58.3%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $186,900 (+94.9%)	$155,800 → $176,100 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $980 (+0.5%)	$715 → $688 (-3.8%)

Moscow Mills

Population

3,0343,647

Median household income

$44,375$68,451

Median home value

$95,900$186,900

Median gross rent

$975$980

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)

	Moscow Mills	Silex
Under 5	12.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	27.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	21.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	6.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	4.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.9%
75 and over	5.5%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moscow Mills	Silex
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	5.3%	1.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moscow Mills	Silex
No high school diploma	10.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	34.2%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moscow Mills	Silex
Drove alone	95.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	2.5%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moscow Mills	Silex
1-unit, detached	46.7%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.8%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Moscow Mills	Silex
Poverty rate	11.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.58	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	2000	2013