Northchase vs Silver Lake

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

Northchase 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.

Silver Lake has the higher population (6,242 vs 5,879 in Northchase). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($73,277 vs $56,659 in Northchase). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $286,700 in Northchase).

Population, income & housing

	Northchase	Silver Lake
Population	5,879	6,242
Median age	28.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,659	$73,277
Median home value	$286,700	$287,500
Median gross rent	$1,342	$1,289
Housing units	2,531	2,754
Homeownership rate	43.5%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northchase	Silver Lake
Population	3,614 → 5,879 (+62.7%)	6,476 → 6,242 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$52,717 → $56,659 (+7.5%)	$52,073 → $73,277 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$190,400 → $286,700 (+50.6%)	$174,600 → $287,500 (+64.7%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,342 (+42.6%)	$1,058 → $1,289 (+21.8%)

Northchase

Population

3,6145,879

Median household income

$52,717$56,659

Median home value

$190,400$286,700

Median gross rent

$941$1,342

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)

	Northchase	Silver Lake
Under 5	2.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	30.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	13.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	6.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	7.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	13.9%
75 and over	5.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northchase	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	72.5%
Black or African American	29.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northchase	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	4.1%	9.9%
High school graduate	22.5%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northchase	Silver Lake
Drove alone	71.9%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northchase	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	36.1%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	21.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Northchase	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	21.1%	10.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1999	1995