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Silver Lake, KS

1,537 Population
0.6 square miles 2,748 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 36.3 ±0.2

Economics

$28,025 ±$3,615 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $28,190 ±$427
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $29,600 ±$173
$61,797 ±$9,168 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $55,194 ±$991
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $55,477 ±$401

6.6% ±3.4% (102  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12.4% 28,148 (±0.7% / ±1,663)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 12.8% 361,285 (±0.2% / ±6,825)

19.6 minutes ±1.8 (12,250  ±2,351) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.4 2,153,985 (±0.3 / ±44,742)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.2 25,964,155 (±0.1 / ±181,433)

Families

563 ±75 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93,914 ±706
  • Kansas: 1,121,943 ±3,987
2.7 ±0.2 (1,537  ±227) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 227,908 (±0 / ±413)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,823,480 (±0)

1% ±1.6% (3  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,845 (±0.7% / ±330)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,414 (±0.2% / ±1,429)

Housing

582 ±76 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 104,830 ±227
  • Kansas: 1,259,647 ±363

$145,200 ±$6,610 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $126,500 ±$2,074
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $139,200 ±$755

11.3% ±7.1% (174  ±111.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 14.4% 33,231 (±0.7% / ±1,632.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 16.3% 467,094 (±0.3% / ±7,475.8)

Social

97.4% ±16.9% (898  ±105.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 91.9% 145,122 (±1.3% / ±2,075.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 90.5% 1,707,528 (±0.4% / ±7,062.3)
33.5% ±5.1% (309  ±61.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 28.1% 44,401 (±0.8% / ±1,235.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 32.4% 610,346 (±0.2% / ±4,345)

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

1% ±1.1% (15  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.4% † 7,955 (±0.3% / ±782)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7% 203,780 (±0.1% / ±2,782)

11.7% ±3.4% (120  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 10.4% 18,333 (±0.4% / ±693)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 8.6% 185,292 (±0.1% / ±2,221)
120 Total veterans ±38 111 Male ±38 9 Female ±8

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