Silver Lake, KS has a population of 1,659 people with a median age of 33.1 and a median household income of $64,167. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Silver Lake, KS declined from 1,780 to 1,659, a 6.8% decrease and its median household income grew from $60,938 to $64,167, a 5.3% increase.
The population of Silver Lake, KS is 93.2% White, 4.16% Hispanic, and 0.96% Native. 1.42% of the people in Silver Lake, KS speak a non-English language, and 99% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Silver Lake, KS are Washburn University, with 1,424 graduates, Washburn Institute of Technology, with 1,080 graduates, and Marinello Schools of Beauty-Topeka, with 197 graduates.
The median property value in Silver Lake, KS is $148,700, and the homeownership rate is 71.2%. Most people in Silver Lake, KS commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 19.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Silver Lake, KS is 2 cars per household.
Silver Lake, KS is a census place located in Shawnee County, KS. It borders .
The economy of Silver Lake, KS employs 776 people. The economy of Silver Lake, KS is specialized in Management of Companies & Enterprises; Utilities; and Public Admin., which employ respectively 5.71; 2.78; and 2.37 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Silver Lake, KS are Healthcare & Social Assistance (121), Manufacturing (97), and Finance & Insurance (87), and the highest paying industries are Professional, Scientific, Tech Services ($91,563), Utilities ($72,143), and Educational Services ($37,250).
Median household income in Silver Lake, KS is $64,167. Males in Silver Lake, KS have an average income that is 1.3 times higher than the average income of females, which is $46,985. The income inequality of Silver Lake, KS (measured using the Gini index) is 0.412 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Silver Lake, KS. In Shawnee County, KS the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 70 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $9,374. Wyandotte County, KS has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Kansas.
Silver Lake, KS is home to a population of 1,659 people, from which 99% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Silver Lake, KS is composed of 1,547 White residents (93.2%), 69 Hispanic residents (4.16%), 16 Native residents (0.96%), 14 Black residents (0.84%), and 10 Two+ residents (0.6%). The most common foreign languages in Silver Lake, KS are Spanish (11 speakers), German (9 speakers), and French Creole (0 speakers), but compared to other places, Silver Lake, KS has a relative high number of German (9 speakers), Spanish (11 speakers), and French Creole (0 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Topeka, KS Metro Area awarded 2,852 degrees. The student population of Topeka, KS Metro Area is skewed towards females, with 929 male students and 1,923 female students. Most students in Topeka, KS Metro Area are White (1,430 and 50.1%), followed by Unknown (882 and 30.9%), Hispanic or Latino (212 and 7.43%), and Black or African American (155 and 5.43%). The largest universities in Topeka, KS Metro Area by number of graduates are Washburn University (1,424 and 49.9%), Washburn Institute of Technology (1,080 and 37.9%), and Marinello Schools of Beauty-Topeka (197 and 6.91%). The most popular majors in Topeka, KS Metro Area are Registered Nursing (136 and 4.77%), Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration (47 and 1.65%), and Elementary Education & Teaching (44 and 1.54%). The median tuition costs in Topeka, KS Metro Area are N/A for private four year colleges, and $7,644 and $17,276 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Silver Lake, KS is $148,700, which is 0.73 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $140,100 to $148,700, a 6.14% increase. The homeownership rate of Silver Lake, KS is 71.2%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Silver Lake, KS have an average commute time of 19.9 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Silver Lake, KS is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.