Palmer vs Silver Creek

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

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

Palmer has the higher population (446 vs 341 in Silver Creek). Silver Creek has the higher median household income ($57,321 vs $54,861 in Palmer). Palmer has the higher median home value ($102,900 vs $83,800 in Silver Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Palmer	Silver Creek
Population	446	341
Median age	38.3 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,861	$57,321
Median home value	$102,900	$83,800
Median gross rent	$785	$824
Housing units	202	209
Homeownership rate	85.6%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmer	Silver Creek
Population	524 → 446 (-14.9%)	409 → 341 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$55,938 → $54,861 (-1.9%)	$37,083 → $57,321 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $102,900 (+13.5%)	$68,300 → $83,800 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $785 (+15.6%)	$663 → $824 (+24.3%)

Palmer

Population

524446

Median household income

$55,938$54,861

Median home value

$90,700$102,900

Median gross rent

$679$785

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)

	Palmer	Silver Creek
Under 5	3.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	7.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	19.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	18.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	12.6%
75 and over	8.1%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmer	Silver Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	3.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmer	Silver Creek
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	46.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmer	Silver Creek
Drove alone	82.6%	87.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	3.8%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	1.7%
Other means	1.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmer	Silver Creek
1-unit, detached	94.6%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Palmer	Silver Creek
Poverty rate	6.5%	8.8%
Average household size	2.30	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1947	1963