Silver LakeFL
This town in Florida has a population of 2,350.
Is Silver Lake a good place to live?
The best of Silver Lake’s subject grades is an A for walkability; the weakest is a C for cost of living. Only 4 of Florida’s 779 towns score higher on hazard risk. Silver Lake’s January low is 47°F, below the Florida town median (51°F) but above the median of U.S. towns (22°F). On the outdoors, just 36 of Florida’s 779 towns do worse. Silver Lake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Silver Lake stand out
Where Silver Lake beats most towns.
Silver Lake has grown 12% from 2010 to 2020
1,879 counted in 2010 and 2,101 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Silver Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Silver Lake is from typical.
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Moving to Silver Lake: who provides what
Silver Lake is unincorporated, so Lake County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Silver Lake.
Silver Lake stands out in Florida and nationally, with the FEMA risk score lower than most
FEMA puts 43% of Silver Lake’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 26% to hurricanes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Silver Lake has 0.9 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For most workers, Silver Lake is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. Among residents in the town, 5.1% live below the poverty line. Jobs in Silver Lake grew by 42 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 811. Half commute less than 26 miles.
| Silver Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.1% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Silver Lake is less healthy than three in five U.S. towns
In Silver Lake, four in five adults had a checkup this year. CDC measures, 31 in all: Silver Lake beats Florida on 1 and trails on 4. 40% of adults locally have high blood pressure; 18% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Silver Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Silver Lake | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.7% | 15.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A typical Florida spread of ages in Silver Lake
The age mix tracks Florida closely: no broad group is more than 4 points off. For residents in Silver Lake, the share who are 65 or older is 24%. Four-year graduates: 34% of adults 25 and older here, 34% across Florida.
| Silver Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 31% | 29% |
| Median age | 42.7 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 45% and 69% women
The Census survey reached too few of Silver Lake’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±11.7 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Silver Lake | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.4% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.8% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.9% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.8% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.1% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.4% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.5% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.2% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.2% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.4% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.6% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.2% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.5% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
The median home in Silver Lake sells for about $497K
86% of Silver Lake households are owner-occupiers. Its median rent stands at $1,276 a month.
| Silver Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,276 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Walt Disney World Resort and 51 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Silver Lake. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Theme parkWalt Disney World Resort
Big draw32 mi Theme parkUniversal Studios Florida9.5M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Theme parkUniversal Epic Universe
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaCamping World Stadium
Big draw32 mi Theme parkUniversal's Islands of Adventure9.5M visitors a year
36 mi Theme parkSeaWorld Orlando4.3M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Walt Disney World Resort: Anthony Quintano from Westminster, United States, CC BY 2.0 · Universal Studios Florida: Radiobroadcastcenter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Universal Epic Universe: Martin Lewison, CC BY 2.0 · Camping World Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Universal's Islands of Adventure: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · SeaWorld Orlando: SeaWorld, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Silver Lake
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Silver Lake
About 5 of every 100 Silver Lake residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
About Silver Lake
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Silver Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Silver Lake had a population of 2,101. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 66 ft
- Area code
- 352
Silver Lake’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Silver Lake.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | — | — | C | — | B | C+ |
| Leesburg | #526 | D | C+ | C− | B | C− |
Silver Lake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Silver Lake reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Silver Lake with a neighbor →
Questions about Silver Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Silver Lake, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $422,000, 12% above the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.