Fruitland Park vs Silver Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Fruitland Park and Silver Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Fruitland Park and Silver Lake are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fruitland Park has the higher population (8,482 vs 2,610 in Silver Lake). Fruitland Park has the higher median household income ($78,359 vs $75,709 in Silver Lake). Fruitland Park has the higher median home value ($375,100 vs $299,000 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland Park	Silver Lake
Population	8,482	2,610
Median age	56.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,359	$75,709
Median home value	$375,100	$299,000
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,306
Housing units	4,163	947
Homeownership rate	81.9%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland Park	Silver Lake
Population	7,848 → 8,482 (+8.1%)	1,954 → 2,610 (+33.6%)
Median household income	$60,319 → $78,359 (+29.9%)	$66,786 → $75,709 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$228,200 → $375,100 (+64.4%)	$206,000 → $299,000 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,131 (+15.6%)	$779 → $1,306 (+67.7%)

Fruitland Park

Population

7,8488,482

Median household income

$60,319$78,359

Median home value

$228,200$375,100

Median gross rent

$978$1,131

Silver Lake

Population

1,9542,610

Median household income

$66,786$75,709

Median home value

$206,000$299,000

Median gross rent

$779$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruitland Park	Silver Lake
Under 5	4.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	20.5%
35 to 44	6.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	3.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	23.6%	13.0%
75 and over	12.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland Park	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	70.7%
Black or African American	11.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland Park	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	2.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	29.6%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland Park	Silver Lake
Drove alone	81.6%	55.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	11.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	19.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland Park	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	89.5%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland Park	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	9.5%	18.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	2011	1987