Roseland vs Silver Lake

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

Roseland 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.

Roseland has the higher population (6,211 vs 4,034 in Silver Lake). Roseland has the higher median household income ($160,644 vs $86,615 in Silver Lake). Roseland has the higher median home value ($640,600 vs $483,700 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Roseland	Silver Lake
Population	6,211	4,034
Median age	47.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$160,644	$86,615
Median home value	$640,600	$483,700
Median gross rent	$3,293	$1,501
Housing units	2,470	1,620
Homeownership rate	81.3%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.1%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roseland	Silver Lake
Population	5,834 → 6,211 (+6.5%)	4,197 → 4,034 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$129,006 → $160,644 (+24.5%)	$48,393 → $86,615 (+79.0%)
Median home value	$485,100 → $640,600 (+32.1%)	$312,600 → $483,700 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,579 → $3,293 (+27.7%)	$1,231 → $1,501 (+21.9%)

Roseland

Population

5,8346,211

Median household income

$129,006$160,644

Median home value

$485,100$640,600

Median gross rent

$2,579$3,293

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)

	Roseland	Silver Lake
Under 5	7.6%	1.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	16.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	16.5%	19.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.3%
75 and over	12.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roseland	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	22.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.3%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	5.8%
Two or more races	7.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	55.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roseland	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	2.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	16.6%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roseland	Silver Lake
Drove alone	69.6%	58.9%
Carpooled	3.5%	10.9%
Public transit	7.6%	16.9%
Walked	0.5%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roseland	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	59.1%	17.0%
1-unit, attached	25.6%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	51.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	10.6%
20 or more units	4.2%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Roseland	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	2.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1977	1945