Silver Lake vs Wakarusa

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

Silver Lake and Wakarusa 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 207 in Wakarusa). Wakarusa has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $168,900 in Silver Lake). Since 2019, Silver Lake's population has grown faster (+11.0% vs -8.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Lake	Wakarusa
Population	1,549	207
Median age	39.7 yrs	65.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,857	—
Median home value	$168,900	$225,000
Median gross rent	$877	—
Housing units	744	146
Homeownership rate	74.1%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	22.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Lake	Wakarusa
Population	1,395 → 1,549 (+11.0%)	226 → 207 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$62,308 → $56,857 (-8.7%)	$77,375 → $40,972 (-47.0%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $168,900 (+6.2%)	$185,000 → $225,000 (+21.6%)
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

Wakarusa

Population

226207

Median household income

$77,375$40,972

Median home value

$185,000$225,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Lake	Wakarusa
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	2.9%
55 to 64	5.6%	22.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	48.8%
75 and over	15.6%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Lake	Wakarusa
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	95.2%
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%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Lake	Wakarusa
No high school diploma	1.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Lake	Wakarusa
Drove alone	78.7%	91.2%
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%	8.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Lake	Wakarusa
1-unit, detached	76.9%	78.8%
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%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Silver Lake	Wakarusa
Poverty rate	5.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.15	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1972	1980