Silver Lake vs Willard

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

Silver Lake and Willard 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 71 in Willard). Willard has the higher median household income ($65,455 vs $56,857 in Silver Lake). Since 2019, Silver Lake's population has grown faster (+11.0% vs -12.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Lake	Willard
Population	1,549	71
Median age	39.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,857	$65,455
Median home value	$168,900	—
Median gross rent	$877	$1,083
Housing units	744	38
Homeownership rate	74.1%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Lake	Willard
Population	1,395 → 1,549 (+11.0%)	81 → 71 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$62,308 → $56,857 (-8.7%)	$39,375 → $65,455 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $168,900 (+6.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$687 → $877 (+27.7%)	$788 → $1,083 (+37.4%)

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

Willard

Population

8171

Median household income

$39,375$65,455

Median gross rent

$788$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Lake	Willard
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	8.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	28.2%
55 to 64	5.6%	5.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	16.9%
75 and over	15.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Lake	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.4%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Lake	Willard
No high school diploma	1.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	36.3%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Lake	Willard
Drove alone	78.7%	87.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Lake	Willard
1-unit, detached	76.9%	65.8%
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%	34.2%

Poverty & households

	Silver Lake	Willard
Poverty rate	5.6%	7.0%
Average household size	2.15	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1972	1957