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Silver Lake, KS

1,549 Population
0.6 square miles 2,752.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±7.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$35,620 ±$5,837 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $36,763 ±$648
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$56,857 ±$1,285 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $68,160 ±$1,953
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

5.6% ±2.5% (86  ±44) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.4% 26,021 (±0.8% / ±1,879)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

20 minutes ±8.4 (12,230  ±3,180) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.4 2,029,565 (±0.3 / ±45,306)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

721 ±210 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,996 ±732
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.8 (1,549  ±371) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 226,746 (±0 / ±97)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

2.6% ±2.5% (8  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.5% † 2,749 (±0.7% / ±342)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

744 ±206 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 104,931 ±127
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$168,900 ±$30,056 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $172,200 ±$3,715
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

7.3% ±4.2% (112  ±69.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12% 27,701 (±0.8% / ±1,748.7)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

98.5% ±34.4% (986  ±,220.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.6% 149,231 (±1.6% / ±2,625)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
35.9% ±13.4% (359  ±93.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 30.1% 47,980 (±0.9% / ±1,492.1)
  • about the same as 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

14.9% ±15.6% (164  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.2% 14,653 (±0.4% / ±764)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
164 Total veterans ±177 161 Male ±177 3 Female ±7

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