Kansas · Census place 65600
Silver Lake city, KS
Quick answer
Silver Lake city has 1,549 residents, ranking #147 of 740 places in Kansas. Median household income is $56,857, the median home is worth $168,900 and median gross rent runs $877 a month.
- Population
- 1,549Silver Lake city residents
- Median household income
- $56,857Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $168,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $877Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 74.1%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Silver Lake city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Silver Lake city median would spend about 18.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.6% of residents and 74.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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