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Silver City, NM
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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.

A relatively large number of people in Silver City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.72% 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Silver City spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.66 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

The overall education level of Silver City citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.61% of adults in Silver City have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Silver City in 2018 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.


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