Glencoe vs Silver Lake

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

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

Glencoe has the higher population (5,702 vs 922 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $63,967 in Glencoe). Glencoe has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $184,800 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Glencoe	Silver Lake
Population	5,702	922
Median age	37.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,967	$75,000
Median home value	$213,100	$184,800
Median gross rent	$901	$769
Housing units	2,346	403
Homeownership rate	70.9%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glencoe	Silver Lake
Population	5,495 → 5,702 (+3.8%)	945 → 922 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$52,599 → $63,967 (+21.6%)	$64,479 → $75,000 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$147,300 → $213,100 (+44.7%)	$140,700 → $184,800 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $901 (+30.8%)	$525 → $769 (+46.5%)

Glencoe

Population

5,4955,702

Median household income

$52,599$63,967

Median home value

$147,300$213,100

Median gross rent

$689$901

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)

	Glencoe	Silver Lake
Under 5	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.4%
75 and over	12.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glencoe	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glencoe	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	11.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	41.6%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glencoe	Silver Lake
Drove alone	85.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	4.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glencoe	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	71.5%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	10.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glencoe	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1979	1955