Running Springs vs Silver Lakes

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

Running Springs 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 5,043 in Running Springs). Silver Lakes has the higher median household income ($111,857 vs $85,681 in Running Springs). Running Springs has the higher median home value ($373,300 vs $345,600 in Silver Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Running Springs	Silver Lakes
Population	5,043	5,789
Median age	37.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,681	$111,857
Median home value	$373,300	$345,600
Median gross rent	$1,725	$1,585
Housing units	3,770	2,777
Homeownership rate	73.4%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Running Springs	Silver Lakes
Population	4,071 → 5,043 (+23.9%)	5,849 → 5,789 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$60,200 → $85,681 (+42.3%)	$69,375 → $111,857 (+61.2%)
Median home value	$256,000 → $373,300 (+45.8%)	$228,200 → $345,600 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,725 (+42.0%)	$1,458 → $1,585 (+8.7%)

Running Springs

Population

4,0715,043

Median household income

$60,200$85,681

Median home value

$256,000$373,300

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,725

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)

	Running Springs	Silver Lakes
Under 5	7.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	21.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	7.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.2%
75 and over	4.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Running Springs	Silver Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	48.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	17.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Running Springs	Silver Lakes
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	19.1%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Running Springs	Silver Lakes
Drove alone	72.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	13.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	6.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Running Springs	Silver Lakes
1-unit, detached	96.4%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Running Springs	Silver Lakes
Poverty rate	14.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	40	40
Median year structure built	1970	1991