New Mexico · Census place 73260
Silver City town, NM
Quick answer
Silver City town has 9,574 residents, ranking #24 of 527 places in New Mexico. Median household income is $39,025, the median home is worth $160,900 and median gross rent runs $851 a month.
- Population
- 9,574Silver City town residents
- Median household income
- $39,025Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $160,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $851Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 57%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Silver City town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Silver City town median would spend about 26.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21.6% of residents and 57% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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