Latino of any race were 7.72% of the population. There were 255 households, out of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.2% were non-families. 36.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.63. 20.7% of town residents were under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 39.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.5 males. The median income for a household in the town was $30,486, and the median income for a family was $39,375. Males had a median income of $30,588 versus $19,886 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,839. About 14.0% of families and 21.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.4% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over. The local school system has a total of 53 K-through-12 students as of November 2006. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Silverton is one of the highest towns in the United States, at above sea level. The town is located in San Juan County, the highest county in the United States, with a mean elevation of . Silverton sits in a flat area of the Animas River valley and is surrounded by several thirteeners, the highest being Storm Peak, at 13,487 feet. The town is less than 15 miles from seven of Colorado's 53 "fourteeners", i.e., mountain peaks with a summit elevation of at least . Climate Silverton has an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc) with very cold, snowy winters and cool to warm summers with adequate precipitation year-round. Notable people Robert Baer, author and former case officer at the Central Intelligence Agency briefly retired here. Anton Larson, Trooper in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Spanish–American War Arthur Pink, evangelical pastor and writer, lived in Silverton briefly Harold Ross, founding editor of The