Rossville vs Silver Lake

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

Rossville 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 1,183 in Rossville). Rossville has the higher median household income ($58,287 vs $56,857 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($168,900 vs $131,300 in Rossville).

Population, income & housing

	Rossville	Silver Lake
Population	1,183	1,549
Median age	33.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,287	$56,857
Median home value	$131,300	$168,900
Median gross rent	$970	$877
Housing units	521	744
Homeownership rate	57.3%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rossville	Silver Lake
Population	1,248 → 1,183 (-5.2%)	1,395 → 1,549 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$62,083 → $58,287 (-6.1%)	$62,308 → $56,857 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $131,300 (+26.0%)	$159,100 → $168,900 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $970 (+12.4%)	$687 → $877 (+27.7%)

Rossville

Population

1,2481,183

Median household income

$62,083$58,287

Median home value

$104,200$131,300

Median gross rent

$863$970

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)

	Rossville	Silver Lake
Under 5	8.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.4%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	17.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	5.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.0%
75 and over	9.4%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rossville	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rossville	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	3.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	42.3%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rossville	Silver Lake
Drove alone	77.8%	78.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	13.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rossville	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	77.9%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Rossville	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	11.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1963	1972