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Silver Lake, KS

1,395 Population
0.6 square miles 2,494.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$31,754 ±$6,325 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $30,488 ±$579
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $31,814 ±$218
$62,308 ±$7,663 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $57,603 ±$1,135
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $59,597 ±$337

4.6% ±2.4% (64  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.1% 25,290 (±0.7% / ±1,578)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 12% 337,739 (±0.2% / ±5,822)

20.3 minutes ±1.5 (11,375  ±2,623) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.4 2,174,280 (±0.3 / ±44,421)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.4 26,562,375 (±0.1 / ±168,786)

Families

524 ±89 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 94,658 ±829
  • Kansas: 1,129,227 ±4,275
2.7 ±0.2 (1,395  ±269) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 227,122 (±0 / ±528)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,830,428 (±0)

3.1% ±3% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 6.1% † 3,047 (±0.7% / ±335)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,563 (±0.2% / ±1,213)

Housing

542 ±93 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 105,138 ±252
  • Kansas: 1,273,297 ±545

$159,100 ±$9,781 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $133,800 ±$2,129
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $151,900 ±$682

13.3% ±7.2% (184  ±105.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 13.4% 30,770 (±0.8% / ±1,803.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 16.2% 466,908 (±0.3% / ±7,541.9)

Social

98.4% ±19.7% (837  ±102.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 92.5% 146,522 (±1.3% / ±2,116.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,730,153 (±0.4% / ±7,694)
33.8% ±5% (288  ±62.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 28.7% 45,425 (±0.7% / ±1,127.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 33.4% 635,070 (±0.3% / ±4,816.1)

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

0.9% ±1.2% (13  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.3% 7,673 (±0.3% / ±633)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,845 (±0.1% / ±3,367)

10.1% ±2.8% (95  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 9.8% 17,282 (±0.4% / ±667)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 8.1% 176,444 (±0.1% / ±2,086)
95 Total veterans ±30 90 Male ±29 5 Female ±7

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