Lake Mack-Forest Hills vs Silver Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Mack-Forest Hills and Silver Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Mack-Forest 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 2,267 in Lake Mack-Forest Hills). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($299,000 vs $120,400 in Lake Mack-Forest Hills). Since 2019, Lake Mack-Forest Hills's population has grown faster (+152.2% vs +33.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Mack-Forest Hills	Silver Lake
Population	2,267	2,610
Median age	41.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$75,709
Median home value	$120,400	$299,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,306
Housing units	702	947
Homeownership rate	60.0%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	31.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Mack-Forest Hills	Silver Lake
Population	899 → 2,267 (+152.2%)	1,954 → 2,610 (+33.6%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $103,363 (+200.7%)	$66,786 → $75,709 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$102,200 → $120,400 (+17.8%)	$206,000 → $299,000 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $673 (+0.1%)	$779 → $1,306 (+67.7%)

Lake Mack-Forest Hills

Population

8992,267

Median household income

$34,375$103,363

Median home value

$102,200$120,400

Median gross rent

$672$673

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)

	Lake Mack-Forest Hills	Silver Lake
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	2.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	26.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	20.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	20.8%	3.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.0%
75 and over	3.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Mack-Forest Hills	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	70.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Mack-Forest Hills	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	34.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	39.1%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Mack-Forest Hills	Silver Lake
Drove alone	28.0%	55.1%
Carpooled	51.0%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	11.1%
Worked from home	21.0%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Mack-Forest Hills	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	27.9%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	64.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Mack-Forest Hills	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	20.6%	18.4%
Average household size	3.42	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1981	1987