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Silver Lake, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Silver Lake is a Census city of 1,553 people across 0.56 square miles of land, in Shawnee County. Median household income is $56,834, 73.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $30,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Silver Lake
What Silver Lake is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.56 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,760
- County holding the largest share of its areaShawnee County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Silver Lake
- Population1,553
- Median age39.3 plus or minus 11.0
- Population under 18388 plus or minus 96
- Share under 1825.0 percent
- Population 65 and over399 plus or minus 190
- Share 65 and over25.7 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Households761 plus or minus 201
- Family households479 plus or minus 181
- Share of households that are families62.9 percent plus or minus 17.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Silver Lake
- Median household income$56,834
- Per capita income$37,160
- Civilian labor force670 plus or minus 151
- Employed670 plus or minus 151
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over1,039 plus or minus 237
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.0 percent plus or minus 31.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.4 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Silver Lake
- Housing units772 plus or minus 201
- Occupied units761 plus or minus 201
- Vacant units11 plus or minus 17
- Vacancy rate1.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Owner occupied556 plus or minus 192
- Renter occupied205 plus or minus 63
- Ownership rate73.1 percent plus or minus 16.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$169,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$860
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent
- Single family units619 plus or minus 198
- Share single family80.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more142 plus or minus 53
- Share in buildings of two or more18.4 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 14
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Silver Lake gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute577 plus or minus 129
- Commuting under 15 minutes168 plus or minus 71
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.1 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more117 plus or minus 59
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.3 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Drove alone79.6 percent
- Carpooled3.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Worked from home13.6 percent plus or minus 14.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Silver Lake (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$30,000
- Average approval$15,000
- Median approval$15,000
- Largest approval$19,000
- Jobs supported21
- Jobs per approval10.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term42 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Silver Lake, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Silver Lake
- NFIP communityCity of Silver Lake
- NFIP community number200335
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classClass 9
- Currently effective map date09/29/11
The City of Silver Lake participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 200335 and carries Community Rating System class 9, a flood insurance premium discount for policies written there.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Shawnee County, not Silver Lake
Shawnee County context, not Silver Lake figures
- Establishments in Shawnee County3,959
- Covered employment, Shawnee County99,247
- Average annual pay, Shawnee County$60,096
- Housing units permitted, Shawnee County218
Every figure in this section is published for Shawnee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Silver Lake.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Silver Lake questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Silver Lake, Kansas?
1,553, in 761 households. Silver Lake city covers 0.56 square miles of land, which is 2,760 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Silver Lake in?
Shawnee County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Silver Lake?
$56,834. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $169,300. Median gross rent is $860 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Silver Lake businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totaling $30,000 since FY2020, across 2 lenders, median approval $15,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Silver Lake, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Silver Lake borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Silver Lake. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Silver Lake in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Silver Lake appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Silver Lake, city of, community 200335, carrying Community Rating System class 9, which is a premium discount for exceeding the program minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Silver Lake figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Shawnee County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Silver Lake.
Is zoning published for Silver Lake?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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