Silver City vs Yerington

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

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

Yerington has the higher population (3,139 vs 111 in Silver City). Silver City has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $44,974 in Yerington). Silver City has the higher median home value ($341,300 vs $254,600 in Yerington).

Population, income & housing

	Silver City	Yerington
Population	111	3,139
Median age	22.6 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$44,974
Median home value	$341,300	$254,600
Median gross rent	—	$748
Housing units	56	1,547
Homeownership rate	71.1%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver City	Yerington
Population	158 → 111 (-29.7%)	3,137 → 3,139 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$85,341 → $69,375 (-18.7%)	$31,795 → $44,974 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$312,500 → $341,300 (+9.2%)	$122,800 → $254,600 (+107.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$652 → $748 (+14.7%)

Silver City

Population

158111

Median household income

$85,341$69,375

Median home value

$312,500$341,300

Yerington

Population

3,1373,139

Median household income

$31,795$44,974

Median home value

$122,800$254,600

Median gross rent

$652$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver City	Yerington
Under 5	16.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	14.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.2%
45 to 54	7.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	4.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	24.8%
75 and over	3.6%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver City	Yerington
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	73.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver City	Yerington
No high school diploma	15.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	5.8%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver City	Yerington
Drove alone	49.0%	71.7%
Carpooled	14.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.7%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver City	Yerington
1-unit, detached	67.9%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	32.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Silver City	Yerington
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.8%
Average household size	2.92	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1938	1975