Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Silver Lake (7.3%) is higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Silver Lake is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Silver Lake is better than 51% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (A). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; the Florida average is 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Silver Lake: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Silver Lake’s grade up (5.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Silver Lake could be anywhere from C to A.
How many people are in Silver Lake by day
On a workday 896 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 796 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Leesburg
Where Silver Lake clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Silver Lake, services account for most jobs
811 jobs are based in Silver Lake.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silver Lake, 2013 → 2023: 769 → 811. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silver Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Silver Lake: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silver Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 870 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Silver Lake’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Silver Lake, walking beats the bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across Florida, on an EPA index of 9.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,027 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Silver Lake households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Silver Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200, Silver Lake ranks 2,363rd of 5,552 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,361 | Jefferson Township PA | 1,920 | $75K | 8.4% | 4.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,362 | Kennedy CA | 2,576 | $70K | 12.0% | 4.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,363 | Silver Lake FL | 2,350 | $79K | 5.1% | 7.3% | 2% | B− |
| 2,364 | Garyville LA | 2,119 | $88K | 18.6% | 6.3% | 7% | B− |
| 2,365 | Swan Creek Township MI | 2,409 | $73K | 7.0% | 4.4% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Silver Lake, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
14% of Silver Lake works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Silver Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | – | B− | A | 27 min | $78,601 |
| Leesburg | 14% | D | B+ | 26 min | $52,880 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Leesburg. Darker towns draw more of Silver Lake’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Silver Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Silver Lake?
$78,601 (±$12,881) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silver Lake?
5.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silver Lake?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silver Lake work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leesburg (14%, 10 mi), Tavares (11%, 5 mi), Orlando (6%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Silver Lake walkable?
Silver Lake is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Silver Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Silver Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silver Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.