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Home values, rents and more in Silver Lake, KS

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$283,000
Metro: $217,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+2.0%
Metro: +1.2% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,553
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$56,834
Metro: $69,888 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Silver Lake, KS, shaded by typical home valueSilver Lake
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  • $290k–$300k
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  • $310k+
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ZIP codes around Silver Lake, KS, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Silver Lake is outlined.

How Silver Lake compares

The typical home in Silver Lake, KS is worth about $283,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Silver Lake are 30% above the typical value in the Topeka metro area ($217,000) and 23% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Silver Lake rose 2.0%, compared with +1.2% in the Topeka metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $56,834, against $69,888 in the Topeka metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,553 people live in Silver Lake (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Silver Lake has the 11th-highest typical home value of the 38 cities in the Topeka metro area and the 74th-highest of 438 in Kansas with Zillow figures.

Part of: Shawnee County, KS · Topeka metro area · Kansas

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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