Port Norris vs Silver Lake

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

Port Norris 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.

Port Norris has the higher population (1,702 vs 1,447 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($88,217 vs $42,635 in Port Norris). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($304,800 vs $120,100 in Port Norris).

Population, income & housing

	Port Norris	Silver Lake
Population	1,702	1,447
Median age	37.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,635	$88,217
Median home value	$120,100	$304,800
Median gross rent	$1,715	—
Housing units	727	637
Homeownership rate	56.2%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Norris	Silver Lake
Population	1,037 → 1,702 (+64.1%)	1,370 → 1,447 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $42,635 (-1.6%)	$106,316 → $88,217 (-17.0%)
Median home value	$118,900 → $120,100 (+1.0%)	$263,400 → $304,800 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,342 → $1,715 (+27.8%)	—

Port Norris

Population

1,0371,702

Median household income

$43,333$42,635

Median home value

$118,900$120,100

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,715

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)

	Port Norris	Silver Lake
Under 5	5.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	17.7%
45 to 54	16.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	6.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	20.3%
75 and over	4.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Norris	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	82.0%
Black or African American	27.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Norris	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	10.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	51.5%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Norris	Silver Lake
Drove alone	72.0%	92.8%
Carpooled	20.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.1%
Other means	2.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Norris	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	94.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Norris	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	14.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1945	1989