Raeford vs Silver City

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

Raeford 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.

Raeford has the higher population (4,545 vs 789 in Silver City). Raeford has the higher median household income ($43,311 vs $16,466 in Silver City). Raeford has the higher median home value ($177,900 vs $153,200 in Silver City).

Population, income & housing

	Raeford	Silver City
Population	4,545	789
Median age	36.2 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,311	$16,466
Median home value	$177,900	$153,200
Median gross rent	$791	$958
Housing units	1,912	442
Homeownership rate	58.7%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raeford	Silver City
Population	4,926 → 4,545 (-7.7%)	949 → 789 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$36,523 → $43,311 (+18.6%)	$25,281 → $16,466 (-34.9%)
Median home value	$111,500 → $177,900 (+59.6%)	$87,000 → $153,200 (+76.1%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $791 (+5.0%)	$810 → $958 (+18.3%)

Raeford

Population

4,9264,545

Median household income

$36,523$43,311

Median home value

$111,500$177,900

Median gross rent

$753$791

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)

	Raeford	Silver City
Under 5	6.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	4.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	40.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.6%
75 and over	7.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raeford	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	41.5%	97.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raeford	Silver City
No high school diploma	13.8%	30.7%
High school graduate	30.8%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raeford	Silver City
Drove alone	79.7%	39.6%
Carpooled	4.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	52.7%
Walked	7.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raeford	Silver City
1-unit, detached	72.3%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Raeford	Silver City
Poverty rate	23.5%	58.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1976	1975