Silver Lake vs Tecumseh

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

Silver Lake and Tecumseh 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 339 in Tecumseh). Tecumseh has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $56,857 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($168,900 vs $138,100 in Tecumseh).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Lake	Tecumseh
Population	1,549	339
Median age	39.7 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,857	$71,875
Median home value	$168,900	$138,100
Median gross rent	$877	—
Housing units	744	170
Homeownership rate	74.1%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Lake	Tecumseh
Population	1,395 → 1,549 (+11.0%)	369 → 339 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$62,308 → $56,857 (-8.7%)	$62,988 → $71,875 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $168,900 (+6.2%)	$116,300 → $138,100 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $877 (+27.7%)	—

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

Tecumseh

Population

369339

Median household income

$62,988$71,875

Median home value

$116,300$138,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Lake	Tecumseh
Under 5	6.1%	8.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	3.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	6.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	5.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	23.9%
75 and over	15.6%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Lake	Tecumseh
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	1.2%	10.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Lake	Tecumseh
No high school diploma	1.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	36.3%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Lake	Tecumseh
Drove alone	78.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Lake	Tecumseh
1-unit, detached	76.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Silver Lake	Tecumseh
Poverty rate	5.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.15	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1972	1961