| Official Name: | Silver Lake, Florida |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lake |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.50 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.85 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.65 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.51 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.87 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.64 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2101 |
| Population Density Km2: | 433.20 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1121.73 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 28.8425°N -81.8011°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 66 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 34788[2] |
| Area Code: | 352 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 12-66062[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2402854 |
Silver Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,879 at the 2010 census.[4] It is part of the Orlando - Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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 5miles 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 7.2km2, of which 5.4km2 are land and 1.8km2, or 24.50%, are water.[5] Silver Lake, a lake with the same name as the city, is entirely within the CDP.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,882 people, 810 households, and 563 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 768.5sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 872 housing units at an average density of 356.1sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.91% White, 3.88% African American, 0.11% Native American, 3.40% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.64% from other races, and 1.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.23% of the population.
There were 810 households, 24.7% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.77.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 20.5% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $55,347, and the median income for a family was $73,750. Males had a median income of $44,053 versus $30,750 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $27,258. About 6.5% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or above.