What is the population of Silver Lake city?

Silver Lake city has 1,549 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #147 of 740 in Kansas.

What is the median household income in Silver Lake city?

Median household income in Silver Lake city is $56,857 a year, 27.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Silver Lake city?

Median gross rent is $877 a month and the median home value is $168,900, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Silver Lake city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Silver Lake city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Silver Lake, KS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Silver Lake, Kansas (Silver Lake, KS — Census place “Silver Lake city”) is 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. Looking for the Silver Lake Kansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Silver Lake, KS: 66539.

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

Silver Lake ZIP codes (Kansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Silver Lake.

The Silver Lake KS ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

66539

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

Silver Lake city, KS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Silver Lake city is a small town in Kansas, with 1,549 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #147 of 740 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 39.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Silver Lake city earn a median of $56,857 a year, 27.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $63,750 median for the 200 Kansas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 5.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Silver Lake city is valued at $168,900, 44.3% below the national figure and 29% above the $131,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $877 a month, 37.6% below the national figure, or roughly $10,524 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 74.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Silver Lake city?: Silver Lake city has 1,549 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #147 of 740 in Kansas.
What is the median household income in Silver Lake city?: Median household income in Silver Lake city is $56,857 a year, 27.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Silver Lake city?: Median gross rent is $877 a month and the median home value is $168,900, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Silver Lake city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Silver Lake city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Silver Lake city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.