Silver Lake is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 875 people and just one neighborhood, Silver Lake is the 345th largest community in Indiana. Silver Lake has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Silver Lake, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.36% of Silver Lake’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Silver Lake is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Silver Lake who work in office and administrative support (18.72%), healthcare suport services (6.90%), and business and financial occupations (6.90%).
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Silver Lake has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Silver Lake has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Silver Lake than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Silver Lake may be for you.
In Silver Lake, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.85 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
In Silver Lake, just 6.04% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Silver Lake in 2022 was $25,324, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,296 for a family of four. However, Silver Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Silver Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Silver Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Silver Lake include German, Irish, English, European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Silver Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Silver Lake are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 33.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.4%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.8%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Silver Lake, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.1%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (15.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.