Ogden vs Silver Lake

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

Ogden 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.

Ogden has the higher population (8,363 vs 6,242 in Silver Lake). Ogden has the higher median household income ($111,461 vs $73,277 in Silver Lake). Ogden has the higher median home value ($431,000 vs $287,500 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Ogden	Silver Lake
Population	8,363	6,242
Median age	45.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,461	$73,277
Median home value	$431,000	$287,500
Median gross rent	$2,143	$1,289
Housing units	3,422	2,754
Homeownership rate	88.6%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.7%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogden	Silver Lake
Population	8,408 → 8,363 (-0.5%)	6,476 → 6,242 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$95,425 → $111,461 (+16.8%)	$52,073 → $73,277 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$331,300 → $431,000 (+30.1%)	$174,600 → $287,500 (+64.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $2,143 (+88.0%)	$1,058 → $1,289 (+21.8%)

Ogden

Population

8,4088,363

Median household income

$95,425$111,461

Median home value

$331,300$431,000

Median gross rent

$1,140$2,143

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)

	Ogden	Silver Lake
Under 5	8.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	17.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	15.2%	13.9%
75 and over	6.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogden	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	72.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ogden	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	3.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	14.7%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogden	Silver Lake
Drove alone	66.3%	80.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	10.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogden	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	94.3%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Ogden	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	3.7%	10.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1994	1995