Delaware Park vs Silver Lake

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

Delaware Park 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 (319 vs 305 in Delaware Park). Delaware Park has the higher median household income ($116,782 vs $103,750 in Silver Lake). Delaware Park has the higher median home value ($292,200 vs $263,300 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware Park	Silver Lake
Population	305	319
Median age	55.9 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$116,782	$103,750
Median home value	$292,200	$263,300
Housing units	139	167
Homeownership rate	100.0%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware Park	Silver Lake
Population	300 → 305 (+1.7%)	299 → 319 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$134,295 → $116,782 (-13.0%)	$73,750 → $103,750 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$273,200 → $292,200 (+7.0%)	$248,100 → $263,300 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,375 → $1,313 (-4.5%)

Delaware Park

Population

300305

Median household income

$134,295$116,782

Median home value

$273,200$292,200

Silver Lake

Population

299319

Median household income

$73,750$103,750

Median home value

$248,100$263,300

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware Park	Silver Lake
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	12.1%	3.4%
25 to 34	26.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	6.6%	3.1%
55 to 64	37.7%	23.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	24.5%
75 and over	6.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware Park	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware Park	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	7.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	22.4%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree	46.6%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware Park	Silver Lake
Drove alone	78.3%	71.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.9%
Public transit	14.9%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware Park	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delaware Park	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.8%
Average household size	2.19	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1953	1959