Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Kansas. The town, settled in 1855, counts 1,893 residents.
The best of Silver Lake Township’s subject grades are an A+ for schools and an A− for health. Homes are within reach, about $171K for a typical one, or 2.4 years of the Topeka metro’s $70K median household income. 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Silver Lake Township, above both Kansas’ towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). Silver Lake Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Silver Lake Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake Elem | PK–6 | 355 |
| Silver Lake Jr-Sr High | 7–12 | 355 |
| Widest gap | Silver Lake Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 9.9% |
Where Silver Lake Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Silver Lake Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1958.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Silver Lake Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Silver Lake Township.
Its public schools are run by the Silver Lake school district. The largest public high school is Silver Lake Jr-Sr High, with 355 students. The 2 public schools in Silver Lake Township teach 710 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake ElemLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 355 | A+ |
| Silver Lake Jr-Sr HighLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 355 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KS on state tests and graduation
Among adults in Silver Lake Township, 37% have high blood pressure. The town beats the Kansas average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. Two figures for adults in the town: 21% get no exercise outside work, 12% report frequent physical distress.
| Silver Lake Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.4% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Silver Lake Township | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 13% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Silver Lake Township’s middle household income is $57,000. Commuting out is the norm here: 7% of working residents work locally. Since 2013, Silver Lake Township has added 77 jobs, to 360 in 2023. Also worth knowing: 5.5% of Silver Lake Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Silver Lake Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $57,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.6% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The range runs from 18° on a January night to 90° on a July afternoon, with about 12 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
25% of residents are under 18 in Silver Lake Township. People 65 and older are 25% of residents (17% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 30% of residents (36% statewide). The age of the median resident for Silver Lake Township comes to 40.5 years.
| Silver Lake Township | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| Median age | 40.5 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.2 points). Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Silver Lake Township | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.2% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.7% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.5% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.4% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 18.1% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0.8% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.1% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.2% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.1% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.7% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Silver Lake Township after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2009. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage here than in 55% of U.S. communities. 56% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 17%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 0.2 miles. Silver Lake Township has one park or preserve, 4 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Silver Lake Lions Club Community Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Silver Lake Township. Close and well known come first.
11 mi National Historical ParkBrown v. Board of Education National Historical Park18K visitors a year6 mi MuseumKansas Historical Society
6 mi MuseumKansas Museum of History
14 mi MuseumCombat Air Museum
34 mi MuseumSpencer Museum of ArtBrown v. Board of Education National Historical Park: James Michael DuPont, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kansas Museum of History: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Combat Air Museum: Eric Friedebach, CC BY 3.0 · Spencer Museum of Art: Alan Islas, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Silver Lake Township
About 4 of every 100 Silver Lake Township residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
City in Shawnee County, Kansas
Silver Lake is a city in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,345.
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5 towns share a border with Silver Lake Township.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake Township | — | — | A− | — | A+ | A− |
| Dover Township | — | — | C | — | B− | A− |
| Menoken Township | — | — | D | — | A− | A− |
| Grove Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rossville Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | A− |
| Mission Township | #53 | B+ | C | — | B+ | A− |
Silver Lake Township, Dover Township, Menoken Township and Rossville Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Silver Lake Township, Dover Township, Menoken Township, Rossville Township and Mission Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Grove Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Silver Lake Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Public schools that outperform most of Kansas.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
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