Howey-in-the-Hills vs Silver Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Howey-in-the-Hills and Silver Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Silver Lake has the higher population (2,610 vs 2,279 in Howey-in-the-Hills). Howey-in-the-Hills has the higher median household income ($93,403 vs $75,709 in Silver Lake). Howey-in-the-Hills has the higher median home value ($362,300 vs $299,000 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Silver Lake
Population	2,279	2,610
Median age	45.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,403	$75,709
Median home value	$362,300	$299,000
Median gross rent	$1,651	$1,306
Housing units	950	947
Homeownership rate	87.7%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Silver Lake
Population	1,597 → 2,279 (+42.7%)	1,954 → 2,610 (+33.6%)
Median household income	$64,875 → $93,403 (+44.0%)	$66,786 → $75,709 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$193,600 → $362,300 (+87.1%)	$206,000 → $299,000 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,651 (+46.4%)	$779 → $1,306 (+67.7%)

Howey-in-the-Hills

Population

1,5972,279

Median household income

$64,875$93,403

Median home value

$193,600$362,300

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,651

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)

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Silver Lake
Under 5	4.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	20.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	17.2%	3.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.0%
75 and over	9.1%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	70.7%
Black or African American	6.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	22.4%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Silver Lake
Drove alone	70.6%	55.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	11.1%
Worked from home	16.9%	19.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	83.4%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Howey-in-the-Hills	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	3.7%	18.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1987	1987