Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Silverhill gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $294K for a typical one, or 3.7 years of the Daphne metro’s $79K median household income. It grades C overall, ranked 89th of 187 in Alabama. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top, and its crime rate is higher than 83% of U.S. towns, with 8 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Silverhill’s violent crime rate is 7.7 per 1,000 residents, where Alabama’s towns sit at 2.9 and U.S. towns at 1.6. Silverhill's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 95% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include People's Supply Company and Svea Land Company Office.
Where Silverhill beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Silverhill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Silverhill is from typical.
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Census counts: 314 in 1930, 768 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1897 and a map from 1981 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Silverhill, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Silverhill.
Silverhill is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Alabama (mostly hurricanes) and has seen reported crime rise by about half.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Alabama towns; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1997, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Silverhill.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Baldwin County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silverhill SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 497 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes rose from 26 to 34 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Silverhill’s property crime rate is 24.9 per 1,000 residents. Silverhill reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 83% report less. Within Alabama, it does better than 40% of towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
0.3% of Silverhill working residents work locally. Since 2013, Silverhill has added 70 jobs, to 184 in 2023. 5% of Silverhill residents live below the poverty line.
| Silverhill | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Silverhill home is worth about $295,000, up 1% in a year, 23% above the Alabama typical home. The median rent in Silverhill is $1,297 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
January nights average 40.8°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.8°.
Silverhill has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Silverhill | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 41°F | 33°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Children under 18 are 15% of residents (22% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 29% of residents (22% statewide). Silverhill has grown 229% since 2020, to 2,529 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Silverhill | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 15% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 44.1 years | 39.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 23% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.3 points. Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| Silverhill | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.4% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.7% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 18.8% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.3% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.8% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.6% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.7% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.5% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.1% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.2% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.4% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.6% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.4% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
Against the 8,174 U.S. towns with household incomes like Silverhill’s, it is healthier than 86%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income. Within Alabama it is healthier than 79% of the 187 graded towns: much of Alabama scores lower on these measures.
Silverhill beats the Alabama average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 34% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Silverhill.
| Silverhill | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 40% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 43% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Silverhill | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.9% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.6% | 19.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Silverhill Oscar Johnson Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Silverhill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi MuseumUSS Alabama
18 mi MuseumUSS Drum
18 mi MuseumBattleship Memorial Park
31 mi LandmarkFort Pickens
27 mi MuseumFort Morgan
31 mi Ancient siteUSS MassachusettsUSS Alabama: USN, Public domain · USS Drum: Jean-Pierre Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Battleship Memorial Park: Rennett Stowe from USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Pickens: Notneb82, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Morgan: Altairisfar, Public domain · USS Massachusetts: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Silverhill
About 10 of every 100 Silverhill residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
3 places in Silverhill on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Alabama, United States
Silverhill is a town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. The population was 768 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 2,529 in 2025. It is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley metropolitan area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Silverhill grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #89 of 187 in Alabama. It grades B for health, C− for safety and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Within Alabama, it does better than 40% of towns.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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