Palestine vs Silver Lake

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

Palestine 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 925 in Palestine). Palestine has the higher median household income ($89,924 vs $53,542 in Silver Lake). Palestine has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $107,300 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Palestine	Silver Lake
Population	925	961
Median age	30.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,924	$53,542
Median home value	$134,900	$107,300
Median gross rent	$1,086	$1,057
Housing units	337	499
Homeownership rate	81.7%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palestine	Silver Lake
Population	946 → 925 (-2.2%)	948 → 961 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$64,306 → $89,924 (+39.8%)	$48,281 → $53,542 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$130,700 → $134,900 (+3.2%)	$75,600 → $107,300 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$687 → $1,057 (+53.9%)

Palestine

Population

946925

Median household income

$64,306$89,924

Median home value

$130,700$134,900

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)

	Palestine	Silver Lake
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	39.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	17.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	12.9%
75 and over	3.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palestine	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	96.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	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	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palestine	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	6.8%	14.7%
High school graduate	46.2%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palestine	Silver Lake
Drove alone	80.5%	85.1%
Carpooled	17.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palestine	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	84.3%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Palestine	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	4.4%	15.1%
Average household size	3.08	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1981	1957