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Demographics

People

Total Population	1,514
Male Share of the Population	52%
Female Share of the Population	48%
Senior Citizens	20.1%
Employed Population 16+	622
Age of the Population	35

Families

% of people married	61.3%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	25%
Median Earnings25+	$41,939
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$26,250

Wealth

Median Family Income	$73,333
% Above Poverty Level	93.1%
% Below Poverty Level	6.9%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	19 minutes
% Working from Home	7.1%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	24.3%
Median Gross Rent	$652
Median House Value	$150,300

Ancestry

German	31.8%
English	15.3%
Irish	12.1%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	11.3%
Swedish	3.6%
Dutch	2.4%
French Except Basque	2.1%
Italian	2%
Czech	1.8%
Hungarian	1.5%
Polish	1.5%
Finnish	1.5%
Scottish	1%
Welsh	0.5%
Austrian	0.4%
Danishn	0.3%
Swiss	0.2%
Canadian	0.2%
Russian	0.2%
Belgian	0.2%
Norwegian	0.2%
African	0.1%
Nigerian	0.1%
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Silver Lake Almanac

Category	Value
County	Shawnee County
Standard Zip Codes	66539
Phone Area Codes	785
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	39.09
Approximate Longitude	-95.85

Silver Lake Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	TOPEKA BILLARD MNCPL AP
Distance	12.4 miles
Jan Temp	17 to 37 F
Apr Temp	43 to 66 F
Jul Temp	68 to 89 F
Oct Temp	44 to 69 F
Annual Precip	35.6 inches

Station	PERRY LAKE
Distance	23.7 miles
Jan Temp	16 to 37 F
Apr Temp	43 to 65 F
Jul Temp	68 to 89 F
Oct Temp	44 to 69 F
Annual Precip	37.3 inches

Station	HOLTON
Distance	26 miles
Jan Temp	15 to 36 F
Apr Temp	41 to 65 F
Jul Temp	67 to 89 F
Oct Temp	44 to 68 F
Annual Precip	37.5 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Delia	168	$70,417
Hoyt	601	$62,250
Maple Hill	648	$84,844
Rossville	1,263	$74,667
St. Marys	2,653	$71,696
Topeka	126,877	$63,205

Silver Lake Public Libraries

Silver Lake Library
203 RAILROAD
Silver Lake, Kansas
(785) 582-5141

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Silver Lake Public Schools

Silver Lake Elem
200 Rice Rd
ZIP: 66539
(785) 582-4081
Primary
Total Enrollment 401

Silver Lake Jr-sr High
200 E. Lake
ZIP: 66539
(785) 582-4639
High
Total Enrollment 329

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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