Boston Heights vs Silver Lake

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

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

Silver Lake has the higher population (2,514 vs 1,436 in Boston Heights). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($142,083 vs $127,083 in Boston Heights). Boston Heights has the higher median home value ($435,400 vs $299,500 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Boston Heights	Silver Lake
Population	1,436	2,514
Median age	50.6 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$127,083	$142,083
Median home value	$435,400	$299,500
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,696
Housing units	588	1,014
Homeownership rate	95.6%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.9%	61.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston Heights	Silver Lake
Population	1,071 → 1,436 (+34.1%)	2,532 → 2,514 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$120,250 → $127,083 (+5.7%)	$108,958 → $142,083 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$397,500 → $435,400 (+9.5%)	$227,600 → $299,500 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $1,071 (+14.7%)	$1,575 → $1,696 (+7.7%)

Boston Heights

Population

1,0711,436

Median household income

$120,250$127,083

Median home value

$397,500$435,400

Median gross rent

$934$1,071

Silver Lake

Population

2,5322,514

Median household income

$108,958$142,083

Median home value

$227,600$299,500

Median gross rent

$1,575$1,696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston Heights	Silver Lake
Under 5	4.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	4.1%	6.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	18.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	21.4%	19.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	19.2%
75 and over	9.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston Heights	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston Heights	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.8%
High school graduate	23.6%	12.0%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston Heights	Silver Lake
Drove alone	76.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	14.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston Heights	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	98.1%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boston Heights	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	4.4%	2.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1991	1955