Kings Grant vs Silver Lake

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

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

Kings Grant has the higher population (9,061 vs 6,242 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($73,277 vs $60,009 in Kings Grant). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $258,200 in Kings Grant).

Population, income & housing

	Kings Grant	Silver Lake
Population	9,061	6,242
Median age	37.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,009	$73,277
Median home value	$258,200	$287,500
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,289
Housing units	4,324	2,754
Homeownership rate	64.7%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings Grant	Silver Lake
Population	8,647 → 9,061 (+4.8%)	6,476 → 6,242 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$58,365 → $60,009 (+2.8%)	$52,073 → $73,277 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $258,200 (+48.4%)	$174,600 → $287,500 (+64.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,290 (+10.8%)	$1,058 → $1,289 (+21.8%)

Kings Grant

Population

8,6479,061

Median household income

$58,365$60,009

Median home value

$174,000$258,200

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,290

Silver Lake

Population

6,4766,242

Median household income

$52,073$73,277

Median home value

$174,600$287,500

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,289

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings Grant	Silver Lake
Under 5	7.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.9%
75 and over	5.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings Grant	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	72.5%
Black or African American	8.9%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings Grant	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	20.3%	9.9%
High school graduate	22.0%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings Grant	Silver Lake
Drove alone	66.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings Grant	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	73.2%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Kings Grant	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	14.1%	10.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1980	1995