Silver Lake vs Topeka

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

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

Topeka has the higher population (126,103 vs 1,549 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($56,857 vs $55,902 in Topeka). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($168,900 vs $130,600 in Topeka).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Lake	Topeka
Population	1,549	126,103
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,857	$55,902
Median home value	$168,900	$130,600
Median gross rent	$877	$947
Housing units	744	59,971
Homeownership rate	74.1%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Lake	Topeka
Population	1,395 → 1,549 (+11.0%)	126,397 → 126,103 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$62,308 → $56,857 (-8.7%)	$47,999 → $55,902 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $168,900 (+6.2%)	$103,200 → $130,600 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $877 (+27.7%)	$816 → $947 (+16.1%)

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

Topeka

Population

126,397126,103

Median household income

$47,999$55,902

Median home value

$103,200$130,600

Median gross rent

$816$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Lake	Topeka
Under 5	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	5.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.2%
75 and over	15.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Lake	Topeka
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	65.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Lake	Topeka
No high school diploma	1.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	36.3%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Lake	Topeka
Drove alone	78.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	3.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.1%	9.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Lake	Topeka
1-unit, detached	76.9%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Silver Lake	Topeka
Poverty rate	5.6%	15.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1972	1967