Central City vs Silver Creek

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

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

Central City has the higher population (3,039 vs 341 in Silver Creek). Central City has the higher median household income ($62,012 vs $57,321 in Silver Creek). Central City has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $83,800 in Silver Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Silver Creek
Population	3,039	341
Median age	38.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,012	$57,321
Median home value	$158,300	$83,800
Median gross rent	$729	$824
Housing units	1,268	209
Homeownership rate	67.4%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Silver Creek
Population	2,903 → 3,039 (+4.7%)	409 → 341 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$48,447 → $62,012 (+28.0%)	$37,083 → $57,321 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $158,300 (+49.2%)	$68,300 → $83,800 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $729 (+9.5%)	$663 → $824 (+24.3%)

Central City

Population

2,9033,039

Median household income

$48,447$62,012

Median home value

$106,100$158,300

Median gross rent

$666$729

Silver Creek

Population

409341

Median household income

$37,083$57,321

Median home value

$68,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$663$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Silver Creek
Under 5	6.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	7.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	19.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	18.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.6%
75 and over	10.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Silver Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Silver Creek
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	34.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Silver Creek
Drove alone	86.8%	87.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	3.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Silver Creek
1-unit, detached	75.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Silver Creek
Poverty rate	7.8%	8.8%
Average household size	2.40	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1967	1963