Hurley vs Silver City

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

Hurley 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 1,137 in Hurley). Hurley has the higher median household income ($41,167 vs $39,025 in Silver City). Silver City has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $82,900 in Hurley).

Population, income & housing

	Hurley	Silver City
Population	1,137	9,574
Median age	53.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,167	$39,025
Median home value	$82,900	$160,900
Median gross rent	$807	$851
Housing units	659	5,010
Homeownership rate	76.1%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurley	Silver City
Population	1,384 → 1,137 (-17.8%)	9,627 → 9,574 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$39,271 → $41,167 (+4.8%)	$31,620 → $39,025 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $82,900 (+1.1%)	$134,400 → $160,900 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$828 → $807 (-2.5%)	$666 → $851 (+27.8%)

Hurley

Population

1,3841,137

Median household income

$39,271$41,167

Median home value

$82,000$82,900

Median gross rent

$828$807

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)

	Hurley	Silver City
Under 5	1.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	1.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.4%
55 to 64	22.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	17.6%	14.9%
75 and over	9.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurley	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	22.0%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	76.0%	46.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurley	Silver City
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	30.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurley	Silver City
Drove alone	92.5%	66.6%
Carpooled	0.2%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurley	Silver City
1-unit, detached	76.6%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Hurley	Silver City
Poverty rate	13.8%	21.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1953	1972