Pleasantdale vs Silver Lake

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

Pleasantdale 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.

Silver Lake has the higher population (4,034 vs 2,293 in Pleasantdale). Pleasantdale has the higher median household income ($158,661 vs $86,615 in Silver Lake). Pleasantdale has the higher median home value ($551,600 vs $483,700 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasantdale	Silver Lake
Population	2,293	4,034
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$158,661	$86,615
Median home value	$551,600	$483,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,501
Housing units	780	1,620
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasantdale	Silver Lake
Population	2,466 → 2,293 (-7.0%)	4,197 → 4,034 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$139,429 → $158,661 (+13.8%)	$48,393 → $86,615 (+79.0%)
Median home value	$395,600 → $551,600 (+39.4%)	$312,600 → $483,700 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,231 → $1,501 (+21.9%)

Pleasantdale

Population

2,4662,293

Median household income

$139,429$158,661

Median home value

$395,600$551,600

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)

	Pleasantdale	Silver Lake
Under 5	4.9%	1.2%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	16.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	8.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	19.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.3%
75 and over	7.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasantdale	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	22.9%
Black or African American	16.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	5.8%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	55.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasantdale	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	11.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	9.3%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasantdale	Silver Lake
Drove alone	54.2%	58.9%
Carpooled	2.3%	10.9%
Public transit	9.4%	16.9%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.1%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasantdale	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	17.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	51.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pleasantdale	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	0.2%	10.4%
Average household size	3.08	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1955	1945