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Silver Lake, KS

1,521 Population
0.6 square miles 2,702.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±8.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37 ±0.2

Economics

$33,339 ±$6,087 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $32,719 ±$661
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $34,968 ±$345
$49,846 ±$11,847 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $61,574 ±$1,581
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $64,521 ±$344

5.1% ±2.7% (78  ±44) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.4% 26,062 (±0.7% / ±1,654)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 327,209 (±0.2% / ±6,452)

20.1 minutes ±8.1 (11,265  ±3,049) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.5 2,096,485 (±0.3 / ±43,450)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 25,975,850 (±0.1 / ±205,663)

Families

694 ±196 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,342 ±714
  • Kansas: 1,139,738 ±3,775
2.2 ±0.8 (1,521  ±308) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 228,098 (±0 / ±398)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,856,396 (±0)

4.8% ±5% (14  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.8% † 2,925 (±0.7% / ±357)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,014 (±0.2% / ±1,387)

Housing

705 ±195 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 104,457 ±206
  • Kansas: 1,272,290 ±545

$139,500 ±$19,904 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $143,400 ±$3,045
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $164,800 ±$818

14.9% ±6.7% (225  ±110.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12% 27,795 (±0.8% / ±1,856.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 15.7% 456,346 (±0.3% / ±8,054.4)

Social

99.1% ±32.9% (972  ±216.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.4% 148,732 (±1.6% / ±2,501.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.6% 1,760,658 (±0.5% / ±9,353.4)
35.4% ±12.2% (347  ±83.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 30.1% 47,853 (±1% / ±1,548.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 34.4% 661,235 (±0.3% / ±5,637.8)

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

0.9% ±1.4% (13  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.4% 7,986 (±0.3% / ±747)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 205,076 (±0.1% / ±3,686)

18% ±16.2% (191  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 9.1% 16,246 (±0.4% / ±762)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.6% 167,573 (±0.1% / ±3,026)
191 Total veterans ±177 183 Male ±177 8 Female ±9

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