Hutchinson vs Silver Lake

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

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

Hutchinson has the higher population (14,629 vs 922 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $71,730 in Hutchinson). Hutchinson has the higher median home value ($210,300 vs $184,800 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Hutchinson	Silver Lake
Population	14,629	922
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,730	$75,000
Median home value	$210,300	$184,800
Median gross rent	$933	$769
Housing units	6,735	403
Homeownership rate	69.2%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hutchinson	Silver Lake
Population	13,914 → 14,629 (+5.1%)	945 → 922 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$57,672 → $71,730 (+24.4%)	$64,479 → $75,000 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$149,200 → $210,300 (+41.0%)	$140,700 → $184,800 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $933 (+11.7%)	$525 → $769 (+46.5%)

Hutchinson

Population

13,91414,629

Median household income

$57,672$71,730

Median home value

$149,200$210,300

Median gross rent

$835$933

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)

	Hutchinson	Silver Lake
Under 5	6.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.4%
75 and over	10.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hutchinson	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hutchinson	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	4.1%	14.5%
High school graduate	31.0%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hutchinson	Silver Lake
Drove alone	76.2%	83.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	4.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hutchinson	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	54.3%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	10.2%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hutchinson	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	10.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1984	1955