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Silver Lake township, Shawnee County, KS

1,859 Population
17.8 square miles 104.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±5.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Shawnee County: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$37,661 ±$6,550 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Shawnee County: $37,072 ±$789
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$57,051 ±$2,069 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Shawnee County: $66,043 ±$1,865
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

5.3% ±2.4% (99  ±50) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shawnee County: 12.4% 21,495 (±1% / ±1,743)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.4 minutes ±7.7 (13,455  ±3,349) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shawnee County: 17.8 1,339,545 (±0.4 / ±39,686)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

849 ±211 Number of households
  • Shawnee County: 74,528 ±654
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.7 (1,859  ±393) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Shawnee County: 2.3 173,058 (±0 / ±96)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

2.2% ±2.1% (8  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shawnee County: 5.5% † 2,163 (±0.8% / ±328)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

872 ±207 Number of housing units
  • Shawnee County: 80,884 ±89
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$170,300 ±$21,842 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Shawnee County: $170,400 ±$4,392
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

6% ±3.5% (112  ±69.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% 22,303 (±1% / ±1,702.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

98.8% ±29.2% (1,194  ±222.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 93.5% 113,567 (±2% / ±2,446.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
41.5% ±13.2% (502  ±110.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shawnee County: 32.3% 39,293 (±1.2% / ±1,420.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

15.9% ±13.9% (209  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Shawnee County: 8% 10,927 (±0.5% / ±682)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
209 Total veterans ±189 184 Male ±181 25 Female ±32

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