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Silver Lake, KS

1,453 Population
0.6 square miles 2,582 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±6.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,462 ±$7,330 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $31,347 ±$672
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$59,375 ±$7,573 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $59,815 ±$1,458
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

3.9% ±2.4% (56  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 10.7% 24,155 (±0.9% / ±1,954)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

20.5 minutes ±8.6 (11,790  ±3,141) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.6 2,152,150 (±0.4 / ±53,728)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

597 ±105 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,356 ±888
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.4 ±0.2 (1,453  ±280) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 226,563 (±0 / ±468)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

4% ±4.2% (12  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.9% † 2,934 (±0.8% / ±372)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

616 ±109 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 105,347 ±216
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$149,300 ±$11,003 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $137,900 ±$2,976
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

15.9% ±7.4% (229  ±115.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12% 27,518 (±0.7% / ±1,649.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

98.7% ±21.8% (884  ±124.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 92.6% 146,920 (±1.5% / ±2,432)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
39.5% ±8% (354  ±93.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 29.1% 46,144 (±0.9% / ±1,402.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

0.9% ±1.2% (13  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.3% 7,556 (±0.3% / ±687)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

10.4% ±3.4% (106  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 9.3% 16,424 (±0.4% / ±746)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
106 Total veterans ±39 100 Male ±38 6 Female ±7

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