Bayard vs Silver City

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

Bayard 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 2,370 in Bayard). Silver City has the higher median household income ($39,025 vs $33,269 in Bayard). Silver City has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $118,100 in Bayard).

Population, income & housing

	Bayard	Silver City
Population	2,370	9,574
Median age	24.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,269	$39,025
Median home value	$118,100	$160,900
Median gross rent	$653	$851
Housing units	1,151	5,010
Homeownership rate	63.9%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayard	Silver City
Population	2,442 → 2,370 (-2.9%)	9,627 → 9,574 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$36,892 → $33,269 (-9.8%)	$31,620 → $39,025 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $118,100 (+32.5%)	$134,400 → $160,900 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $653 (+2.7%)	$666 → $851 (+27.8%)

Bayard

Population

2,4422,370

Median household income

$36,892$33,269

Median home value

$89,100$118,100

Median gross rent

$636$653

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)

	Bayard	Silver City
Under 5	8.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	21.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	20.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	2.9%	8.4%
55 to 64	6.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	14.9%
75 and over	6.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayard	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	46.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	79.1%	46.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayard	Silver City
No high school diploma	12.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	23.6%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayard	Silver City
Drove alone	62.8%	66.6%
Carpooled	30.4%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.9%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	13.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayard	Silver City
1-unit, detached	63.5%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Bayard	Silver City
Poverty rate	31.6%	21.6%
Average household size	2.97	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1967	1972