Gainesville vs Silver Springs

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

Gainesville 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 209 in Gainesville). Gainesville has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $43,958 in Silver Springs). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($105,800 vs $88,800 in Silver Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Silver Springs
Population	209	569
Median age	48.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$43,958
Median home value	$105,800	$88,800
Median gross rent	$693	$742
Housing units	116	322
Homeownership rate	77.6%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Silver Springs
Population	245 → 209 (-14.7%)	827 → 569 (-31.2%)
Median household income	$53,958 → $73,750 (+36.7%)	$28,393 → $43,958 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $105,800 (+27.9%)	$72,100 → $88,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $693 (+3.4%)	$575 → $742 (+29.0%)

Gainesville

Population

245209

Median household income

$53,958$73,750

Median home value

$82,700$105,800

Median gross rent

$670$693

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)

	Gainesville	Silver Springs
Under 5	4.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	5.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	18.1%
55 to 64	18.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.7%
75 and over	14.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Silver Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Silver Springs
No high school diploma	9.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	39.9%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Silver Springs
Drove alone	84.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	10.9%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Silver Springs
1-unit, detached	81.0%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Silver Springs
Poverty rate	5.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.13	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1938	1952