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Cost of living in Silver Lake, Kansas

Simple answer

Typical rent is $860 a month.

Silver Lake is a city in Kansas. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $56,834 a year.

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People
1,553
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$860
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$56,834
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$169,300
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,172
Topeka, KS MSA

Silver Lake, Kansas has about 1,553 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $169,300.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Shawnee County is $1,172 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Silver Lake. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Topeka, KS metro area, prices sit at 88.8 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Kansas taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Silver Lake's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Kansas home paid 15.27¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Silver Lake's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Kansas in the table we use.

Among 184 places we list in Kansas with a rent figure, 83 have higher typical rent than Silver Lake.

Nearby places

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.