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About
None of the households in Silver City, NM reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
97.5% of the residents in Silver City, NM are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Silver City, NM are Western New Mexico University (983 degrees awarded in 2024).
In 2024, the median property value in Silver City, NM was $182,100, and the homeownership rate was 60.5%.
Most people in Silver City, NM drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 14.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Silver City, NM was 2 cars per household.
About the photo: Very Large Array (VLA) interferometer near Magdalena, NM
Photo by J. N. Stuart
Social Needs
In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).
The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.