Auburn vs Silver Lake

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

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

Silver Lake has the higher population (1,549 vs 1,185 in Auburn). Auburn has the higher median household income ($63,382 vs $56,857 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($168,900 vs $135,700 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Silver Lake
Population	1,185	1,549
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,382	$56,857
Median home value	$135,700	$168,900
Median gross rent	$889	$877
Housing units	473	744
Homeownership rate	56.5%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Silver Lake
Population	1,178 → 1,185 (+0.6%)	1,395 → 1,549 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $63,382 (-5.2%)	$62,308 → $56,857 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $135,700 (+27.3%)	$159,100 → $168,900 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $889 (+39.3%)	$687 → $877 (+27.7%)

Auburn

Population

1,1781,185

Median household income

$66,875$63,382

Median home value

$106,600$135,700

Median gross rent

$638$889

Silver Lake

Population

1,3951,549

Median household income

$62,308$56,857

Median home value

$159,100$168,900

Median gross rent

$687$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Silver Lake
Under 5	4.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	22.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	18.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	5.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.0%
75 and over	3.7%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Silver Lake
Drove alone	86.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	13.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	67.0%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	27.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	10.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	11.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1978	1972