Silver LakeNJ
3,917 people live in this town, settled in 1899.
Is Silver Lake a good place to live?
Silver Lake’s average commute is 39 minutes, above both New Jersey’s towns (30 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Silver Lake. We don’t grade Silver Lake yet; the figures below are still real.
Silver Lake has grown 12% from 2010 to 2020
4,243 counted in 2010 and 4,730 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Madison Square Garden and 546 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Silver Lake. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw11 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw11 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw12 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw10 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumPhoto credits
Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Silver Lake: who provides what
Silver Lake is unincorporated, so Essex 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 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Silver Lake.
The biggest natural risk in Silver Lake is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Of the losses FEMA expects in Silver Lake, 79% come from inland flooding and 8% from heat waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Silver Lake has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The share of residents in Silver Lake who live below the poverty line: 15%. The top destinations are Newark (12%), New York (9%) and Jersey City (4%). For Silver Lake, the typical household income is $82,000.
| Silver Lake | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Silver Lake, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 24°, with about 28 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults in Silver Lake have high blood pressure than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
19% of adults worry about having enough food in Silver Lake. The town beats the New Jersey average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. In Silver Lake, 15% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 74% had a checkup this year.
| Silver Lake | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Silver Lake | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 16.7% | 22.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 18.9% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Silver Lake
Colleges nearby
113 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 New Jersey.
100% of working residents leave Silver Lake for work
Where Silver Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Silver Lake’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Silver Lake.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Newark | #453 | D− | D | C− | D | D |
| Belleville Township | #371 | C | D | C | C | A− |
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Questions about Silver Lake
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Is Silver Lake, NJ a good place to live?
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