Silver City vs Smith Valley

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

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

Smith Valley has the higher population (1,618 vs 111 in Silver City). Silver City has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $48,194 in Smith Valley). Smith Valley has the higher median home value ($691,900 vs $341,300 in Silver City).

Population, income & housing

	Silver City	Smith Valley
Population	111	1,618
Median age	22.6 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$48,194
Median home value	$341,300	$691,900
Housing units	56	953
Homeownership rate	71.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver City	Smith Valley
Population	158 → 111 (-29.7%)	1,627 → 1,618 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$85,341 → $69,375 (-18.7%)	$80,833 → $48,194 (-40.4%)
Median home value	$312,500 → $341,300 (+9.2%)	$344,100 → $691,900 (+101.1%)

Silver City

Population

158111

Median household income

$85,341$69,375

Median home value

$312,500$341,300

Smith Valley

Population

1,6271,618

Median household income

$80,833$48,194

Median home value

$344,100$691,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver City	Smith Valley
Under 5	16.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	22.5%	3.9%
18 to 24	14.4%	0.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	5.2%
55 to 64	4.5%	18.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	35.3%
75 and over	3.6%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver City	Smith Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	74.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.9%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver City	Smith Valley
No high school diploma	15.4%	1.8%
High school graduate	5.8%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver City	Smith Valley
Drove alone	49.0%	62.0%
Carpooled	14.3%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.7%	28.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver City	Smith Valley
1-unit, detached	67.9%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	32.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Silver City	Smith Valley
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.92	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1938	2003