| Official Name: | Silver Lake, New Jersey |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Essex County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Silver Lake |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Essex County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 40.7804°N -74.1828°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Essex |
| Subdivision Type3: | Townships |
| Subdivision Name3: | Belleville and Bloomfield |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.845 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.326 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.845 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.326 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.000 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.000 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 34 |
| Elevation Ft: | 112 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 4243 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 13011.5 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | Eastern (EDT) |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | [4] [5] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 02628225[6] |
Silver Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that is split between Belleville (with 3,769 of the CDP's residents) and Bloomfield (474 of the total).[7] [8] As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's total population was 4,243.[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, Silver Lake had a total area of 0.326 square miles (0.845 km2), all of which was land.[1] [9]
The 2010 United States census counted 4,243 people, 1,587 households, and 1,051 families in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,733 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 51.50% (2,185) White, 10.49% (445) Black or African American, 0.16% (7) Native American, 12.63% (536) Asian, 0.05% (2) Pacific Islander, 20.15% (855) from other races, and 5.02% (213) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 47.14% (2,000) of the population.[3]
Of the 1,587 households, 32.7% had children under the age of 18; 38.2% were married couples living together; 21.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 33.8% were non-families. Of all households, 27.4% were made up of individuals and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.26.[3]
23.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 88.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 83.5 males.[3]