Port Colden vs Silver Lake

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

Port Colden 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 Colden has the higher population (357 vs 319 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $54,170 in Port Colden). Port Colden has the higher median home value ($343,900 vs $263,300 in Silver Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Port Colden	Silver Lake
Population	357	319
Median age	44.0 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,170	$103,750
Median home value	$343,900	$263,300
Housing units	199	167
Homeownership rate	100.0%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Colden	Silver Lake
Population	75 → 357 (+376.0%)	299 → 319 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$52,009 → $54,170 (+4.2%)	$73,750 → $103,750 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$314,700 → $343,900 (+9.3%)	$248,100 → $263,300 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,375 → $1,313 (-4.5%)

Port Colden

Population

75357

Median household income

$52,009$54,170

Median home value

$314,700$343,900

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)

	Port Colden	Silver Lake
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	34.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	35.3%	3.1%
55 to 64	5.9%	23.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	24.5%
75 and over	8.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Colden	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	97.8%
Black or African American	16.0%	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+

	Port Colden	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	51.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	5.3%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Colden	Silver Lake
Drove alone	87.3%	71.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Colden	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

	Port Colden	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	34.2%	13.8%
Average household size	2.43	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1976	1959