Silver Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Silver Lake had a population of 2,101. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Silver Lake is located in central Lake County and is bordered to the south by the city of Leesburg. U.S. Route 441 runs just south of Silver Lake, leading west to the center of Leesburg and east the same distance to Tavares, the Lake county seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Silver Lake CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 24.50%, are water. Silver Lake, a lake with the same name as the city, is entirely within the CDP.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Silver Lake had a population of 2,101. The median age was 49.6 years. 17.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 25.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 94.3 males age 18 and over.
85.4% of residents lived in urban areas, while 14.6% lived in rural areas.
There were 879 households in Silver Lake, of which 20.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 54.2% were married-couple households, 17.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.