Ashley Heights vs Silver City

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

Ashley Heights and Silver City are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Silver City has the higher population (789 vs 301 in Ashley Heights). Ashley Heights has the higher median household income ($52,375 vs $16,466 in Silver City). Silver City has the higher median home value ($153,200 vs $85,700 in Ashley Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley Heights	Silver City
Population	301	789
Median age	58.4 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,375	$16,466
Median home value	$85,700	$153,200
Median gross rent	—	$958
Housing units	127	442
Homeownership rate	82.6%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	17.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley Heights	Silver City
Population	453 → 301 (-33.6%)	949 → 789 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$21,579 → $52,375 (+142.7%)	$25,281 → $16,466 (-34.9%)
Median home value	$151,800 → $85,700 (-43.5%)	$87,000 → $153,200 (+76.1%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $606 (-0.5%)	$810 → $958 (+18.3%)

Ashley Heights

Population

453301

Median household income

$21,579$52,375

Median home value

$151,800$85,700

Median gross rent

$609$606

Silver City

Population

949789

Median household income

$25,281$16,466

Median home value

$87,000$153,200

Median gross rent

$810$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley Heights	Silver City
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	16.3%	4.1%
55 to 64	32.2%	40.2%
65 to 74	24.6%	9.6%
75 and over	0.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley Heights	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	16.3%	97.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	19.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley Heights	Silver City
No high school diploma	10.3%	30.7%
High school graduate	33.9%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley Heights	Silver City
Drove alone	81.5%	39.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	52.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley Heights	Silver City
1-unit, detached	64.6%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashley Heights	Silver City
Poverty rate	23.6%	58.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1990	1975