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Silver Lake is a small town of 3,917 people in Essex County, New Jersey. It's about 15 miles from New York, NY. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 28 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $448k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,917people
$448kTypical home
$1,448/moRent
87° / 39°Summer / winter
28"Snow
235Sunny days
120Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,917
- Part of a metro area
- About 12,015 people per sq mi
- 15 mi to New York, NY
- 15 mi to New York, NY
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $448k (≈$2,827/mo)
- Median rent $1,448/mo
- Median household income $82k
- Property tax about 2.1% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 235 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 130 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 120 days a year with rain or snow
- 28" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (232 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (848 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 47
- 22% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 31% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 37 min
- 20% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to EWR airport
- 6 mi to EWR (major hub)
- 3 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 35% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1948
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 105 ft
- 6 mi to the ocean
- 168 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 6 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 135 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 14,068 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 1,847 bars within 25 mi
- 5,115 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 132 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 272 museums within 25 mi
- 65 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of New Jersey districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Essex County: D+45 in 2024
- New Jersey: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk