Santa Clara vs Silver City

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

Santa Clara 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 1,751 in Santa Clara). Santa Clara has the higher median household income ($46,094 vs $39,025 in Silver City). Silver City has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $120,900 in Santa Clara).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Clara	Silver City
Population	1,751	9,574
Median age	52.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,094	$39,025
Median home value	$120,900	$160,900
Median gross rent	$710	$851
Housing units	836	5,010
Homeownership rate	70.3%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Clara	Silver City
Population	1,766 → 1,751 (-0.8%)	9,627 → 9,574 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$33,063 → $46,094 (+39.4%)	$31,620 → $39,025 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $120,900 (+53.0%)	$134,400 → $160,900 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $710 (-0.6%)	$666 → $851 (+27.8%)

Santa Clara

Population

1,7661,751

Median household income

$33,063$46,094

Median home value

$79,000$120,900

Median gross rent

$714$710

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)

	Santa Clara	Silver City
Under 5	7.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	7.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	14.9%
75 and over	17.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Clara	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	23.9%	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	1.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	75.1%	46.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Clara	Silver City
No high school diploma	24.1%	9.7%
High school graduate	30.6%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Clara	Silver City
Drove alone	92.0%	66.6%
Carpooled	2.0%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Clara	Silver City
1-unit, detached	56.0%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Santa Clara	Silver City
Poverty rate	30.0%	21.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1966	1972