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Silver Lake township, Shawnee County, KS

1,844 Population
17.8 square miles 103.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±9.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Shawnee County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,350 ±$5,053 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Shawnee County: $37,908 ±$783
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,097 ±$5,268 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shawnee County: $67,104 ±$2,304
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.5% ±2.6% (101  ±52) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% 22,093 (±0.9% / ±1,477)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±8.4 (13,160  ±3,584) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shawnee County: 17.9 1,313,275 (±0.5 / ±46,074)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

897 ±213 Number of households
  • Shawnee County: 75,458 ±597
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.6 (1,844  ±340) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawnee County: 2.3 172,940 (±0 / ±99)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±5% (24  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 5.3% † 2,109 (±0.9% / ±337)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

919 ±215 Number of housing units
  • Shawnee County: 81,075 ±125
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,000 ±$24,508 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Shawnee County: $180,900 ±$4,873
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±3.6% (98  ±67.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shawnee County: 12.7% 22,421 (±1% / ±1,718.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.2% ±27.9% (1,230  ±241.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 93.3% 113,381 (±2% / ±2,478.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.8% ±5.2% (469  ±114.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shawnee County: 32.2% 39,192 (±1.2% / ±1,453.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

16.8% ±13.7% (229  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Shawnee County: 8% 10,878 (±0.6% / ±791)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
229 Total veterans ±192 205 Male ±187 24 Female ±30

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