Arenas Valley vs Silver City

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

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

Silver City has the higher population (9,574 vs 915 in Arenas Valley). Arenas Valley has the higher median household income ($74,107 vs $39,025 in Silver City). Arenas Valley has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $160,900 in Silver City).

Population, income & housing

	Arenas Valley	Silver City
Population	915	9,574
Median age	56.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,107	$39,025
Median home value	$166,100	$160,900
Median gross rent	—	$851
Housing units	527	5,010
Homeownership rate	81.8%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arenas Valley	Silver City
Population	1,813 → 915 (-49.5%)	9,627 → 9,574 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$43,015 → $74,107 (+72.3%)	$31,620 → $39,025 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $166,100 (-1.3%)	$134,400 → $160,900 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $946 (-26.0%)	$666 → $851 (+27.8%)

Arenas Valley

Population

1,813915

Median household income

$43,015$74,107

Median home value

$168,300$166,100

Median gross rent

$1,279$946

Silver City

Population

9,6279,574

Median household income

$31,620$39,025

Median home value

$134,400$160,900

Median gross rent

$666$851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arenas Valley	Silver City
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	4.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	17.8%	14.9%
75 and over	28.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arenas Valley	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	46.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.3%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	39.6%	46.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arenas Valley	Silver City
No high school diploma	20.2%	9.7%
High school graduate	33.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arenas Valley	Silver City
Drove alone	82.6%	66.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arenas Valley	Silver City
1-unit, detached	26.9%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	70.0%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Arenas Valley	Silver City
Poverty rate	20.4%	21.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1984	1972