Needles vs Silver Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Needles and Silver Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Needles and Silver Lakes are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Silver Lakes has the higher population (5,789 vs 4,882 in Needles). Silver Lakes has the higher median household income ($111,857 vs $39,876 in Needles). Silver Lakes has the higher median home value ($345,600 vs $134,400 in Needles).

Population, income & housing

	Needles	Silver Lakes
Population	4,882	5,789
Median age	49.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,876	$111,857
Median home value	$134,400	$345,600
Median gross rent	$742	$1,585
Housing units	2,848	2,777
Homeownership rate	54.8%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Needles	Silver Lakes
Population	4,965 → 4,882 (-1.7%)	5,849 → 5,789 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$33,717 → $39,876 (+18.3%)	$69,375 → $111,857 (+61.2%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $134,400 (+51.9%)	$228,200 → $345,600 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $742 (+14.3%)	$1,458 → $1,585 (+8.7%)

Needles

Population

4,9654,882

Median household income

$33,717$39,876

Median home value

$88,500$134,400

Median gross rent

$649$742

Silver Lakes

Population

5,8495,789

Median household income

$69,375$111,857

Median home value

$228,200$345,600

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Needles	Silver Lakes
Under 5	2.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	5.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	21.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	23.6%	7.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.2%
75 and over	9.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Needles	Silver Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	48.6%
Black or African American	3.3%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	4.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	17.3%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Needles	Silver Lakes
No high school diploma	21.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	31.7%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Needles	Silver Lakes
Drove alone	83.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Needles	Silver Lakes
1-unit, detached	62.1%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	9.8%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Needles	Silver Lakes
Poverty rate	29.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	40
Median year structure built	1977	1991