Laurel Lake vs Silver Lake

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

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

Laurel Lake has the higher population (2,514 vs 1,447 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($88,217 vs $51,633 in Laurel Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($304,800 vs $138,100 in Laurel Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel Lake	Silver Lake
Population	2,514	1,447
Median age	44.1 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,633	$88,217
Median home value	$138,100	$304,800
Median gross rent	$1,171	—
Housing units	1,128	637
Homeownership rate	78.6%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel Lake	Silver Lake
Population	3,325 → 2,514 (-24.4%)	1,370 → 1,447 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$43,615 → $51,633 (+18.4%)	$106,316 → $88,217 (-17.0%)
Median home value	$105,500 → $138,100 (+30.9%)	$263,400 → $304,800 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,171 (-3.3%)	—

Laurel Lake

Population

3,3252,514

Median household income

$43,615$51,633

Median home value

$105,500$138,100

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,171

Silver Lake

Population

1,3701,447

Median household income

$106,316$88,217

Median home value

$263,400$304,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel Lake	Silver Lake
Under 5	10.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	12.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	17.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	20.3%
75 and over	8.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel Lake	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	82.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel Lake	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	48.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel Lake	Silver Lake
Drove alone	84.0%	92.8%
Carpooled	10.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.1%
Other means	1.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel Lake	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	70.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laurel Lake	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	16.9%	2.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1981	1989