Leesburg vs Silver Lake

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

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

Silver Lake has the higher population (961 vs 801 in Leesburg). Leesburg has the higher median household income ($103,958 vs $53,542 in Silver Lake). Leesburg has the higher median home value ($168,900 vs $107,300 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Leesburg	Silver Lake
Population	801	961
Median age	29.0 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,958	$53,542
Median home value	$168,900	$107,300
Median gross rent	$992	$1,057
Housing units	299	499
Homeownership rate	82.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leesburg	Silver Lake
Population	776 → 801 (+3.2%)	948 → 961 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$83,021 → $103,958 (+25.2%)	$48,281 → $53,542 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$115,800 → $168,900 (+45.9%)	$75,600 → $107,300 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $992 (+4.4%)	$687 → $1,057 (+53.9%)

Leesburg

Population

776801

Median household income

$83,021$103,958

Median home value

$115,800$168,900

Median gross rent

$950$992

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)

	Leesburg	Silver Lake
Under 5	11.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	23.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	19.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	6.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	4.5%	12.9%
75 and over	2.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leesburg	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leesburg	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	6.1%	14.7%
High school graduate	42.8%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leesburg	Silver Lake
Drove alone	83.4%	85.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leesburg	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	83.3%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Leesburg	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	3.0%	15.1%
Average household size	3.18	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1964	1957