Silver City is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 9,399 people and five associated neighborhoods, Silver City is the 22nd largest community in New Mexico.

Of important note, Silver City is also a town of artists. Silver City has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Silver City’s character.

Also of interest is that Silver City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Silver City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.21% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.47 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small town, Silver City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Silver City is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.79% of adults in Silver City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Silver City in 2022 was $28,322, which is middle income relative to New Mexico, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,288 for a family of four. However, Silver City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Silver City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Silver City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Silver City, accounting for 48.78% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Silver City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Silver City include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Silver City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.