Ampere North vs Silver Lake

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

Ampere North 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.

Ampere North has the higher population (4,968 vs 4,034 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($86,615 vs $71,192 in Ampere North). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($483,700 vs $358,000 in Ampere North).

Population, income & housing

	Ampere North	Silver Lake
Population	4,968	4,034
Median age	34.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,192	$86,615
Median home value	$358,000	$483,700
Median gross rent	$1,720	$1,501
Housing units	1,776	1,620
Homeownership rate	55.0%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ampere North	Silver Lake
Population	5,145 → 4,968 (-3.4%)	4,197 → 4,034 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$72,935 → $71,192 (-2.4%)	$48,393 → $86,615 (+79.0%)
Median home value	$254,900 → $358,000 (+40.4%)	$312,600 → $483,700 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,720 (+27.7%)	$1,231 → $1,501 (+21.9%)

Ampere North

Population

5,1454,968

Median household income

$72,935$71,192

Median home value

$254,900$358,000

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,720

Silver Lake

Population

4,1974,034

Median household income

$48,393$86,615

Median home value

$312,600$483,700

Median gross rent

$1,231$1,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ampere North	Silver Lake
Under 5	8.4%	1.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.3%	16.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	19.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	19.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.3%
75 and over	3.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ampere North	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	17.5%	22.9%
Black or African American	25.4%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.8%	5.8%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	42.2%	55.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ampere North	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	17.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ampere North	Silver Lake
Drove alone	49.1%	58.9%
Carpooled	20.9%	10.9%
Public transit	17.2%	16.9%
Walked	6.7%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ampere North	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	29.4%	17.0%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	54.7%	51.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	10.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ampere North	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	19.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.90	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1938	1945