Silver Lake, OR

Census Place

2024 Population

206

US Senator

Ron Wyden

Democratic Party

US Senator

Jeff Merkley

Democratic Party

2024 Median Age

40.4

32% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

9.71%

4.43% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$60,350

2019 Median Property Value

$158,800

0.874% 1-year decline

Housing & Living

The median property value in Silver Lake, OR was $158,800 in 2019, which is 0.477 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2018 and 2019 the median property value increased from $160,200 to $158,800, a 0.874% decrease. The homeownership rate in Silver Lake, OR is 70.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

Housing

Property

$158,800

Median Property Value 2019

±$57,520

$67

Median Property Taxes

±$62

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Silver Lake, OR the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Silver Lake, OR compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$60,350

Median Household Income

± $45,581

Number of Households

± 71

The following chart displays the households in Silver Lake, OR distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $60k - $75k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Silver Lake, OR is from Oregon.

0.459

2024 Wage GINI in Oregon

0.461

2023 Wage GINI in Oregon

In 2024, the income inequality in Oregon was 0.459 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.412% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Oregon was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Oregon in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Oregon across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (72%)
Worked At Home (28%)

In 2024, 72% of workers in Silver Lake, OR drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (28%) and those who carpooled to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Silver Lake, OR distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Silver Lake, OR have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

9.71% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Silver Lake, OR (20 out of 206 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 25 - 34, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Silver Lake, OR is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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