Bliss vs Silver Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Bliss and Silver Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Silver Springs has the higher population (569 vs 429 in Bliss). Bliss has the higher median household income ($48,542 vs $43,958 in Silver Springs). Bliss has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $88,800 in Silver Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Bliss	Silver Springs
Population	429	569
Median age	41.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,542	$43,958
Median home value	$111,700	$88,800
Median gross rent	$730	$742
Housing units	224	322
Homeownership rate	65.5%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bliss	Silver Springs
Population	477 → 429 (-10.1%)	827 → 569 (-31.2%)
Median household income	$66,719 → $48,542 (-27.2%)	$28,393 → $43,958 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $111,700 (+29.7%)	$72,100 → $88,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $730 (+5.2%)	$575 → $742 (+29.0%)

Bliss

Population

477429

Median household income

$66,719$48,542

Median home value

$86,100$111,700

Median gross rent

$694$730

Silver Springs

Population

827569

Median household income

$28,393$43,958

Median home value

$72,100$88,800

Median gross rent

$575$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bliss	Silver Springs
Under 5	6.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	6.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	18.1%
55 to 64	19.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.7%
75 and over	4.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bliss	Silver Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bliss	Silver Springs
No high school diploma	7.0%	12.4%
High school graduate	53.9%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bliss	Silver Springs
Drove alone	64.9%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.8%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bliss	Silver Springs
1-unit, detached	62.9%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Bliss	Silver Springs
Poverty rate	23.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.18	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1965	1952