Silver Springs vs Smith Valley

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

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

Silver Springs has the higher population (5,523 vs 1,618 in Smith Valley). Silver Springs has the higher median household income ($53,105 vs $48,194 in Smith Valley). Smith Valley has the higher median home value ($691,900 vs $238,100 in Silver Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Springs	Smith Valley
Population	5,523	1,618
Median age	52.8 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,105	$48,194
Median home value	$238,100	$691,900
Median gross rent	$1,291	—
Housing units	2,662	953
Homeownership rate	80.2%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Springs	Smith Valley
Population	5,073 → 5,523 (+8.9%)	1,627 → 1,618 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$42,922 → $53,105 (+23.7%)	$80,833 → $48,194 (-40.4%)
Median home value	$141,800 → $238,100 (+67.9%)	$344,100 → $691,900 (+101.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,020 → $1,291 (+26.6%)	—

Silver Springs

Population

5,0735,523

Median household income

$42,922$53,105

Median home value

$141,800$238,100

Median gross rent

$1,020$1,291

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 Springs	Smith Valley
Under 5	3.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	3.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	5.2%
55 to 64	22.0%	18.9%
65 to 74	16.4%	35.3%
75 and over	8.3%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Springs	Smith Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	74.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.6%
Asian	1.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Springs	Smith Valley
No high school diploma	19.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	34.8%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Springs	Smith Valley
Drove alone	73.5%	62.0%
Carpooled	20.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	28.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Springs	Smith Valley
1-unit, detached	40.4%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.2%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Silver Springs	Smith Valley
Poverty rate	16.2%	11.2%
Average household size	2.36	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1993	2003