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).New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32), United States Census Bureau, August 2012, p. III-3. Accessed November 4, 2012. "Silver Lake (formed from parts of deleted whole-township Belleville and Bloomfield CDPs)"Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed April 19, 2015. As of the 2010 United States census, the CDP's total population was 4,243.
Geography 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.US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
Demographics
Silver Lake first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census formed from parts of the deleted whole-township Bellville and Bloomfield CDPs.
2020 census +Silver Lake CDP, Essex County, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2010Pop 2020% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)1,22987128.97%18.41%Black or African American alone (NH)3614548.51%9.60%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)220.05%0.04%Asian alone (NH)52556712.37%11.99%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)200.05%0.00%Other race alone (NH)66681.56%1.44%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)581541.37%3.26%Hispanic or Latino (any race)2,0002,61447.14%55.26%Total4,2434,730 100.00%100.00%
2010 census 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.
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.
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.
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