Biscay vs Silver Lake

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

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

Silver Lake has the higher population (922 vs 180 in Biscay). Biscay has the higher median household income ($139,375 vs $75,000 in Silver Lake). Biscay has the higher median home value ($187,100 vs $184,800 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Biscay	Silver Lake
Population	180	922
Median age	39.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$139,375	$75,000
Median home value	$187,100	$184,800
Median gross rent	$1,714	$769
Housing units	81	403
Homeownership rate	90.1%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biscay	Silver Lake
Population	135 → 180 (+33.3%)	945 → 922 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $139,375 (+102.7%)	$64,479 → $75,000 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $187,100 (+101.2%)	$140,700 → $184,800 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,714 (+56.7%)	$525 → $769 (+46.5%)

Biscay

Population

135180

Median household income

$68,750$139,375

Median home value

$93,000$187,100

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,714

Silver Lake

Population

945922

Median household income

$64,479$75,000

Median home value

$140,700$184,800

Median gross rent

$525$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biscay	Silver Lake
Under 5	6.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	37.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.4%
75 and over	3.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biscay	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biscay	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	4.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	27.9%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	65.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biscay	Silver Lake
Drove alone	90.4%	83.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biscay	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	97.5%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Biscay	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	0.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1948	1955