Little Walnut Village vs Silver City

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

Little Walnut Village 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 1,520 in Little Walnut Village). Little Walnut Village has the higher median household income ($100,170 vs $39,025 in Silver City). Little Walnut Village has the higher median home value ($278,600 vs $160,900 in Silver City).

Population, income & housing

	Little Walnut Village	Silver City
Population	1,520	9,574
Median age	59.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$100,170	$39,025
Median home value	$278,600	$160,900
Median gross rent	—	$851
Housing units	813	5,010
Homeownership rate	89.8%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Walnut Village	Silver City
Population	1,886 → 1,520 (-19.4%)	9,627 → 9,574 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$86,691 → $100,170 (+15.5%)	$31,620 → $39,025 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$234,700 → $278,600 (+18.7%)	$134,400 → $160,900 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,622 → $1,644 (+1.4%)	$666 → $851 (+27.8%)

Little Walnut Village

Population

1,8861,520

Median household income

$86,691$100,170

Median home value

$234,700$278,600

Median gross rent

$1,622$1,644

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)

	Little Walnut Village	Silver City
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	6.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	21.6%	14.9%
75 and over	16.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Walnut Village	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	46.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Walnut Village	Silver City
No high school diploma	5.2%	9.7%
High school graduate	23.2%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Walnut Village	Silver City
Drove alone	68.2%	66.6%
Carpooled	29.5%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Walnut Village	Silver City
1-unit, detached	67.4%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	22.0%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Little Walnut Village	Silver City
Poverty rate	5.3%	21.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1982	1972