Silver Lake vs Syracuse

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

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

Syracuse has the higher population (3,232 vs 961 in Silver Lake). Syracuse has the higher median household income ($63,894 vs $53,542 in Silver Lake). Syracuse has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $107,300 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Lake	Syracuse
Population	961	3,232
Median age	46.3 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,542	$63,894
Median home value	$107,300	$173,800
Median gross rent	$1,057	$1,046
Housing units	499	1,903
Homeownership rate	78.0%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Lake	Syracuse
Population	948 → 961 (+1.4%)	2,881 → 3,232 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$48,281 → $53,542 (+10.9%)	$50,335 → $63,894 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $107,300 (+41.9%)	$127,400 → $173,800 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $1,057 (+53.9%)	$824 → $1,046 (+26.9%)

Silver Lake

Population

948961

Median household income

$48,281$53,542

Median home value

$75,600$107,300

Median gross rent

$687$1,057

Syracuse

Population

2,8813,232

Median household income

$50,335$63,894

Median home value

$127,400$173,800

Median gross rent

$824$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Lake	Syracuse
Under 5	5.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	20.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.7%
75 and over	10.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Lake	Syracuse
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Lake	Syracuse
No high school diploma	14.7%	12.7%
High school graduate	55.8%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Lake	Syracuse
Drove alone	85.1%	70.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	20.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Lake	Syracuse
1-unit, detached	82.6%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Silver Lake	Syracuse
Poverty rate	15.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1957	1964