Barbee vs Silver Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Barbee and Silver Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Barbee and Silver Lake are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Barbee has the higher population (1,298 vs 961 in Silver Lake). Barbee has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $53,542 in Silver Lake). Barbee has the higher median home value ($202,100 vs $107,300 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Barbee	Silver Lake
Population	1,298	961
Median age	40.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$53,542
Median home value	$202,100	$107,300
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,057
Housing units	841	499
Homeownership rate	88.0%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbee	Silver Lake
Population	1,104 → 1,298 (+17.6%)	948 → 961 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$53,004 → $65,625 (+23.8%)	$48,281 → $53,542 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$168,500 → $202,100 (+19.9%)	$75,600 → $107,300 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,121 → $1,338 (+19.4%)	$687 → $1,057 (+53.9%)

Barbee

Population

1,1041,298

Median household income

$53,004$65,625

Median home value

$168,500$202,100

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,338

Silver Lake

Population

948961

Median household income

$48,281$53,542

Median home value

$75,600$107,300

Median gross rent

$687$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbee	Silver Lake
Under 5	5.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	24.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	1.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.9%
75 and over	6.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbee	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbee	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	4.1%	14.7%
High school graduate	54.0%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbee	Silver Lake
Drove alone	94.2%	85.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbee	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	80.5%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Barbee	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	6.2%	15.1%
Average household size	2.74	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1967	1957