Falconer vs Silver Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Falconer and Silver Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Falconer and Silver Creek are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Silver Creek has the higher population (2,619 vs 2,103 in Falconer). Silver Creek has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $50,231 in Falconer). Silver Creek has the higher median home value ($119,500 vs $85,700 in Falconer).

Population, income & housing

	Falconer	Silver Creek
Population	2,103	2,619
Median age	41.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,231	$66,250
Median home value	$85,700	$119,500
Median gross rent	$721	$918
Housing units	1,090	1,248
Homeownership rate	66.0%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falconer	Silver Creek
Population	2,399 → 2,103 (-12.3%)	2,426 → 2,619 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$40,481 → $50,231 (+24.1%)	$59,766 → $66,250 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$69,900 → $85,700 (+22.6%)	$85,600 → $119,500 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $721 (+15.7%)	$867 → $918 (+5.9%)

Falconer

Population

2,3992,103

Median household income

$40,481$50,231

Median home value

$69,900$85,700

Median gross rent

$623$721

Silver Creek

Population

2,4262,619

Median household income

$59,766$66,250

Median home value

$85,600$119,500

Median gross rent

$867$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falconer	Silver Creek
Under 5	4.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	20.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.9%
75 and over	5.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falconer	Silver Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falconer	Silver Creek
No high school diploma	8.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	37.1%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falconer	Silver Creek
Drove alone	82.2%	69.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falconer	Silver Creek
1-unit, detached	60.3%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.2%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Falconer	Silver Creek
Poverty rate	16.6%	17.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1948	1938