Silver Lakes vs Wrightwood

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

Silver Lakes and Wrightwood 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 4,907 in Wrightwood). Silver Lakes has the higher median household income ($111,857 vs $78,496 in Wrightwood). Wrightwood has the higher median home value ($456,400 vs $345,600 in Silver Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Lakes	Wrightwood
Population	5,789	4,907
Median age	39.4 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,857	$78,496
Median home value	$345,600	$456,400
Median gross rent	$1,585	$1,668
Housing units	2,777	2,819
Homeownership rate	87.5%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Lakes	Wrightwood
Population	5,849 → 5,789 (-1.0%)	3,984 → 4,907 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $111,857 (+61.2%)	$64,841 → $78,496 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$228,200 → $345,600 (+51.4%)	$342,600 → $456,400 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,585 (+8.7%)	$1,030 → $1,668 (+61.9%)

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

Wrightwood

Population

3,9844,907

Median household income

$64,841$78,496

Median home value

$342,600$456,400

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Lakes	Wrightwood
Under 5	3.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	20.2%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	21.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	22.5%
75 and over	10.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Lakes	Wrightwood
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	74.4%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	17.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Lakes	Wrightwood
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	17.5%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Lakes	Wrightwood
Drove alone	79.8%	74.6%
Carpooled	13.7%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Lakes	Wrightwood
1-unit, detached	86.6%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Silver Lakes	Wrightwood
Poverty rate	3.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	40	39
Median year structure built	1991	1974