Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Silverhill trail those of 78% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Silverhill; the top destination outside it is Mobile (16%, 23 miles). Below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents; Alabama has 15.6%. Silverhill grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Silverhill, in brief
Income, poverty and work: Silverhill’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Silverhill is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #65 of 187 in Alabama. The poverty rate holds Silverhill’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($57,500, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Silverhill’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Silverhill could be anywhere from C to B+.
The commute from Silverhill, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How many people are in Silverhill by day
On a workday 310 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Silverhill: the destinations
Where Silverhill clocks in
16% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Silverhill, services account for most jobs
184 jobs are based in Silverhill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silverhill, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 184. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silverhill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Silverhill spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silverhill workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 409 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Driving is how Silverhill gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Silverhill is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #134 of 187 in Alabama. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.7% across Alabama.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 454 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.6% of Silverhill households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Silverhill’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Silverhill ranks: 2,130th of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 402 | Westover AL | 2,121 | $97K | 4.1% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,128 | El Paso IL | 2,723 | $76K | 10.9% | 3.9% | 18% | B− |
| 2,129 | Jackson Township IN | 2,062 | $68K | 8.2% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,130 | Silverhill AL | 2,529 | $58K | 5.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| 2,131 | Crawford Township OH | 1,971 | $80K | 5.8% | 0.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,132 | Milford Township PA | 1,962 | $66K | 6.9% | 2.3% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Silverhill, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Silverhill: questions
What is the median household income in Silverhill?
$57,500 (±$16,774) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silverhill?
5.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silverhill?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silverhill work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mobile (16%, 23 mi), Foley (11%, 11 mi), Fairhope (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Silverhill walkable?
Silverhill is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Silverhill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Silverhill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silverhill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.