Silver Lake, New Jersey

About Silver Lake

Silver Lake, NJ is a small unincorporated community located in southwestern New Jersey.

Silver Lake holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.43 square miles.

📰 Silver Lake News Today

• Silver Lake, Essex County Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Sym Investments Picks Up New Jersey Apartments for $80M Multifamily Housing News · Jan 9
• Essex County to offer mental health treatment program for eligible inmates at Silver Lake Hospital newjerseyhills.com · May 28
• Fish & Wildlife | Spring Trout Fishing Information New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (.gov) · Mar 23
• Brenda Cuba Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home · Aug 5

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What Makes Silver Lake Unique

• One of 10 places in the US named Silver Lake — but the New Jersey one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern New Jersey, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

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