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.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.21% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
One of the benefits of Silver City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.47 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Silver City is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Silver City citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 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.