Silver City is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 9,520 people and five associated neighborhoods, Silver City is the 22nd largest community in New Mexico.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.72% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 14.66 minutes getting to work every day.

In terms of college education, Silver City is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.61% of adults in Silver City have a college degree.

The per capita income in Silver City in 2022 was $24,101, which is lower middle income relative to New Mexico, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,404 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 51.19% 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 English, Irish, German, Norwegian, and Danish.

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