Northfield vs Silver Lake

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

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

Northfield has the higher population (3,525 vs 2,514 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($142,083 vs $69,444 in Northfield). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($299,500 vs $168,300 in Northfield).

Population, income & housing

	Northfield	Silver Lake
Population	3,525	2,514
Median age	42.9 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,444	$142,083
Median home value	$168,300	$299,500
Median gross rent	$855	$1,696
Housing units	1,568	1,014
Homeownership rate	68.8%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	61.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfield	Silver Lake
Population	3,665 → 3,525 (-3.8%)	2,532 → 2,514 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$65,375 → $69,444 (+6.2%)	$108,958 → $142,083 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$143,700 → $168,300 (+17.1%)	$227,600 → $299,500 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $855 (+23.7%)	$1,575 → $1,696 (+7.7%)

Northfield

Population

3,6653,525

Median household income

$65,375$69,444

Median home value

$143,700$168,300

Median gross rent

$691$855

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)

	Northfield	Silver Lake
Under 5	4.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	17.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	19.2%
75 and over	7.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfield	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	89.7%
Black or African American	11.5%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfield	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	10.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	32.3%	12.0%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northfield	Silver Lake
Drove alone	75.3%	80.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfield	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	70.3%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northfield	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	11.5%	2.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1966	1955