Kamas vs Silver Summit

A side-by-side comparison of Kamas and Silver Summit: population, income, housing, and more.

Kamas and Silver Summit are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kamas has the higher population (2,229 vs 1,574 in Silver Summit). Silver Summit has the higher median household income ($235,329 vs $87,353 in Kamas). Silver Summit has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $455,900 in Kamas).

Population, income & housing

	Kamas	Silver Summit
Population	2,229	1,574
Median age	26.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,353	$235,329
Median home value	$455,900	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,315	$2,697
Housing units	600	620
Homeownership rate	83.5%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	75.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kamas	Silver Summit
Population	2,539 → 2,229 (-12.2%)	4,503 → 1,574 (-65.0%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $87,353 (+21.5%)	$147,404 → $235,329 (+59.6%)
Median home value	$291,300 → $455,900 (+56.5%)	$862,200 → $2,000,001 (+132.0%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,315 (+46.8%)	$2,609 → $2,697 (+3.4%)

Kamas

Population

2,5392,229

Median household income

$71,875$87,353

Median home value

$291,300$455,900

Median gross rent

$896$1,315

Silver Summit

Population

4,5031,574

Median household income

$147,404$235,329

Median home value

$862,200$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,609$2,697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kamas	Silver Summit
Under 5	9.4%	0.6%
5 to 17	29.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	20.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	2.8%	16.3%
75 and over	3.1%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kamas	Silver Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.0%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kamas	Silver Summit
No high school diploma	10.2%	0.9%
High school graduate	24.7%	5.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	40.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kamas	Silver Summit
Drove alone	77.7%	60.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.7%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	29.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kamas	Silver Summit
1-unit, detached	84.3%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kamas	Silver Summit
Poverty rate	3.9%	5.2%
Average household size	4.04	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	2001	2001