Big Bear Lake vs Silver Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bear Lake and Silver Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Bear Lake and Silver Lakes are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Silver Lakes has the higher population (5,789 vs 5,038 in Big Bear Lake). Silver Lakes has the higher median household income ($111,857 vs $74,728 in Big Bear Lake). Big Bear Lake has the higher median home value ($517,900 vs $345,600 in Silver Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bear Lake	Silver Lakes
Population	5,038	5,789
Median age	45.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,728	$111,857
Median home value	$517,900	$345,600
Median gross rent	$1,278	$1,585
Housing units	9,602	2,777
Homeownership rate	67.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bear Lake	Silver Lakes
Population	5,241 → 5,038 (-3.9%)	5,849 → 5,789 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$51,060 → $74,728 (+46.4%)	$69,375 → $111,857 (+61.2%)
Median home value	$391,000 → $517,900 (+32.5%)	$228,200 → $345,600 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,278 (+33.5%)	$1,458 → $1,585 (+8.7%)

Big Bear Lake

Population

5,2415,038

Median household income

$51,060$74,728

Median home value

$391,000$517,900

Median gross rent

$957$1,278

Silver Lakes

Population

5,8495,789

Median household income

$69,375$111,857

Median home value

$228,200$345,600

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bear Lake	Silver Lakes
Under 5	4.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	21.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	18.5%	7.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.2%
75 and over	6.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bear Lake	Silver Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	48.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	17.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bear Lake	Silver Lakes
No high school diploma	8.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	21.7%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bear Lake	Silver Lakes
Drove alone	61.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	12.1%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	6.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bear Lake	Silver Lakes
1-unit, detached	84.8%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	2.8%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Bear Lake	Silver Lakes
Poverty rate	9.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	40
Median year structure built	1976	1991