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Silver Lake is a small town of 2,350 people in Lake County, Florida. It's about 13 miles from Wildwood, FL and 44 miles from Orlando, FL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 70°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $422k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,350people
$422kTypical home
$1,276/moRent
91° / 70°Summer / winter
0"Snow
278Sunny days
121Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,350
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,354 people per sq mi
- 44 mi to Orlando, FL
- 13 mi to Wildwood, FL
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $422k (≈$2,659/mo)
- Median rent $1,276/mo
- Median household income $79k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 70°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 278 sunny days a year (106 totally clear)
- 87 cloudy days a year
- 19 of 90 winter days are gray
- 121 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (254 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,391 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 27% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to SFB airport
- 35 mi to SFB (major hub)
- 30 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1987
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 72 ft
- 50 mi to the ocean
- 13 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 236 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 466 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 22 bars within 25 mi
- 85 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 17 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 22 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 42% of Florida districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 27 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lake County: R+25 in 2024
- Florida: R+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk