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New Hanover County

Population in 2010: 5,598. Population change since 2000: -3.3%
Males: 2,744  (49.0%)
Females: 2,854  (51.0%)

Median resident age:  34.4 years
North Carolina median age:  41.9 years

Zip codes: 28412.

Estimated median household income in 2009: $46,182 (it was $41,732 in 2000)
Silver Lake:

$46,182
North Carolina:

$43,674
Estimated per capita income in 2009: $23,379

Silver Lake CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $185,396 (it was $101,100 in 2000)
Silver Lake:

$185,396
North Carolina:

$155,500
Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $214,401; Detached houses: $264,339; Townhouses or other attached units: $174,627; In 2-unit structures: $179,168; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $146,788; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $146,788; Mobile homes: $26,486

Median gross rent in 2009: $850.

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  • White alone - 4,229 (75.5%)
  • Hispanic - 722 (12.9%)
  • Black alone - 481 (8.6%)
  • Two or more races - 85 (1.5%)
  • Asian alone - 44 (0.8%)
  • American Indian alone - 22 (0.4%)
  • Other race alone - 13 (0.2%)
  • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 2 (0.04%)

Races in Silver Lake detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth


Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Silver Lake: 95.1 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Silver Lake, NC forum
Recent posts about Silver Lake, North Carolina on our local forum with over 1,500,000 registered users. Silver Lake is mentioned 17 times on our forum:
relocating from New Jersey to Wilmington , North Carolina area  (18 replies)
2013 family neighborhoods in or near Wilmington  (10 replies)
moving to wilmington..need to be 10-15 minutes away  (4 replies)
Jobs... ?  (26 replies)
Possible relocation  (7 replies)
Just looking for some vacation advice please  (8 replies)

Ancestries: German (14.5%), Irish (14.4%), English (12.9%), United States (9.9%), Italian (5.6%), Scotch-Irish (3.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 25 feet

Land area: 6.56 square miles.

Population density: 853 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Silver Lake:

  • High school or higher: 87.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.4%
  • Unemployed: 5.6%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Silver Lake CDP:

  • Never married: 22.5%
  • Now married: 58.5%
  • Separated: 3.5%
  • Widowed: 3.3%
  • Divorced: 12.3%

293 residents are foreign born (2.0% Europe, 1.8% Latin America, 1.0% Asia).

This place:  5.1%
North Carolina:  5.3%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $934 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $896 (0.6%)
Silver Lake satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Wilmington, NC (5.2 miles , pop. 75,838).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (122.8 miles , pop. 276,093).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (432.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Myrtle Grove, NC (1.4 miles ), Masonboro, NC (1.6 miles ), Wilmington, NC (2.3 miles ), Seagate, NC (2.3 miles ), Sea Breeze, NC (2.4 miles ), Belville, NC (2.6 miles ), Wrightsville Beach, NC (2.8 miles ), Carolina Beach, NC (2.8 miles ).

Latitude: 34.15 N, Longitude: 77.91 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -1,837 (-31.7%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 153 (5.3%)

Area code commonly used in this area: 910

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Unemployment in August 2012:
Here:

9.2%
North Carolina:

9.7%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries in 2005-2009 (%)
Males Females
  • Retail trade (18%)
  • Construction (14%)
  • Manufacturing (13%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Health care and social assistance (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Retail trade (24%)
  • Health care and social assistance (22%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Other services, except public administration (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
Most common occupations (%)
Males Females
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Carpenters (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Cashiers (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)

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Average climate in Silver Lake, North Carolina

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Tornado activity:

Silver Lake-area historical tornado activity is slightly below North Carolina state average. It is 9% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/16/2006, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 23.0 miles away from the Silver Lake place center killed 8 people and injured 20 people and caused $1 million in damages.

On 10/9/1950, a category F3 tornado 39.5 miles away from the place center injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Earthquake activity:

Silver Lake-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below North Carolina state average. It is 100% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/6/1994 at 19:54:09, a magnitude 3.8 (3.6 LG, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 91.6 miles away from the city center
On 9/22/2006 at 11:22:00, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 99.4 miles away from Silver Lake center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in New Hanover County (15) is greater than the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9
Emergencies Declared: 6

Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 12, Tropical Storms: 2, Flood: 1, Snowfall: 1, Storm: 1, Wind: 1, Winter Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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Hospitals/medical centers near Silver Lake:

  • NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 14 miles away; WILMINGTON, NC)
  • BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Other, provides emergency services, about 21 miles away; SUPPLY, NC)
  • J ARTHUR DOSHER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Other, provides emergency services, about 23 miles away; SOUTHPORT, NC)

Amtrak station near Silver Lake:

  • 8 miles: WILMINGTON (201 HARNETT ST.) - Bus Station . Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines.

Operable nuclear power plants near Silver Lake:

  • 17 miles: Brunswick 1 and 2 in Southport, NC.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Silver Lake:

  • University of North Carolina-Wilmington (about 6 miles; Wilmington, NC; Full-time enrollment: 11,028)
  • Cape Fear Community College (about 6 miles; Wilmington, NC; FT enrollment: 3,987)
  • Horry-Georgetown Technical College (about 68 miles; Conway, SC; FT enrollment: 2,962)
  • Coastal Carolina University (about 68 miles; Conway, SC; FT enrollment: 7,254)
  • Mount Olive College (about 74 miles; Mount Olive, NC; FT enrollment: 2,812)
  • University of North Carolina at Pembroke (about 83 miles; Pembroke, NC; FT enrollment: 4,818)
  • Fayetteville State University (about 85 miles; Fayetteville, NC; FT enrollment: 4,481)

Public elementary/middle schools in Silver Lake:

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User submitted facts and corrections:

  • W47CK (Channel 47; SHALLOTTE, NC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING INC.) has changed to WMYW (Channel 47; SHALLOTE, NC; Owner: Columbia Broadcasting; Affiliation: My Network TV)

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New Hanover County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
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Air Quality Index (AQI)

Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 15.9. This is significantly better than average.
City:

15.9
U.S.:

32.0
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 4.32. This is significantly worse than average. Closest monitor was 8.7 miles away from the city center.
City:

4.32
U.S.:

2.43


Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 7.4%
(6.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 3.0% for Black residents, 19.9% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 4.0% for other race residents, 99.3% for two or more races residents)

Average household size:
This place:  2.6 people
North Carolina:  2.4 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  71.4%
Whole state:  67.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  6.0%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Silver Lake, NC


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Silver Lake compared to North Carolina state average:

  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.


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School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Silver Lake travel time to work - commute
Silver Lake mode of transportation to work chart

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (95%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • Utility gas (1%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
  • Wood (1%)


2004 Presidential Election results in New Hanover County North Carolina:


2008 Presidential Election results in New Hanover County North Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Silver Lake (based on New Hanover County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 47.19%
Here47.2%
USA50.2%

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

NameSouthern Baptist ConventionCatholic ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchPresbyterian Church (USA)Episcopal Church
Adherents34.6%17.0%13.4%7.9%6.1%
Congregations24.2%3.8%9.8%9.8%5.3%
NameEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaEvangelical Presbyterian ChurchChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)JewishOther
Adherents3.5%2.5%1.7%1.6%11.7%
Congregations3.8%1.5%3.8%1.5%36.4%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 44
Here:

2.31 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:

2.05 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 4
This county:

0.21 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:

0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 13
New Hanover County:

0.68 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:

0.92 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 76
This county:

4.00 / 10,000 pop.
State:

4.75 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 262
New Hanover County:

13.78 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:

7.57 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
New Hanover County:

9.3%
State:

9.8%
Adult obesity rate:
Here:

23.8%
State:

28.3%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:

15.7%
North Carolina:

15.6%

11.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,565 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

11.03%
North Carolina average:

8.53%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($364 average AGI)
New Hanover County:

0.09%
North Carolina average:

0.17%


Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Pender County, NC  0.68% ($30,056 average AGI)
from Wake County, NC  0.65% ($50,610)
from Brunswick County, NC  0.64% ($47,281)


9.29% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,449 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

9.29%
North Carolina average:

7.27%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($142 average AGI)
New Hanover County:

0.04%
North Carolina average:

0.10%


Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Brunswick County, NC  1.33% ($46,091 average AGI)
to Pender County, NC  1.03% ($45,637)
to Wake County, NC  0.66% ($40,217)

Strongest AM radio stations in Silver Lake:

  • WMYT (1180 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CAROLINA BEACH, NC; Owner: FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
  • WAAV (980 AM; 5 kW; LELAND, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WLSG (1340 AM; 1 kW; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
  • WWIL (1490 AM; 1 kW; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
  • WMFD (630 AM; 1 kW; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: OCEAN BROADCASTING II, LLC)
  • WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WSTK (910 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
  • WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WENC (1220 AM; 5 kW; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: DHA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WMIR (1200 AM; 7 kW; ATLANTIC BEACH, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC BEACH RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Silver Lake:

  • WRQR (104.5 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: OCEAN BROADCASTING II, L.L.C.)
  • WHQR (91.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • WWQQ-FM (101.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WGNI (102.7 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WSFM (107.5 FM; SOUTHPORT, NC; Owner: SEA-COMM, INC.)
  • WUIN (106.7 FM; CAROLINA BEACH, NC; Owner: OCEAN BROADCASTING II, LLC)
  • WMNX (97.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WDVV (89.7 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
  • WWIL-FM (90.5 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
  • WBNE (93.7 FM; WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC; Owner: SEA-COMM, INC.)
  • WKXS-FM (94.1 FM; LELAND, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WKXB (99.9 FM; BURGAW, NC; Owner: SEA-COMM, INC.)
  • WAZO (98.3 FM; OAK ISLAND, NC; Owner: OCEAN BROADCASTING II, L.L.C.)
  • WKOO (98.7 FM; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WQSL (92.3 FM; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WXQR-FM (105.5 FM; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WKVC (88.9 FM; NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • WLTT (106.3 FM; SHALLOTTE, NC; Owner: GARY E. BURNS)
  • W240AS (95.9 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: WILMINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)

TV broadcast stations around Silver Lake:

  • W51CW (Channel 51; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WILM-LP (Channel 10; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: WILM, INC.)
  • WUNJ-TV (Channel 39; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WECT (Channel 6; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
  • WPXU-TV (Channel 35; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON JACKSONVILLE LICENSE, INC.)
  • W47CK (Channel 47; SHALLOTTE, NC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING INC.)


Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009
(Based on 2 partial tracts)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans		B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)		G) Loans On Manufactured
Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED35$164,00645$160,183259$159,9445$93,70226$134,6601$34,990
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$03$180,31723$155,0241$108,0103$134,7130$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED5$169,7186$144,67282$159,9914$32,74515$109,4641$47,220
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN2$151,5755$140,02251$178,0673$78,9237$136,7560$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$02$191,80012$157,6301$144,2102$99,5450$0
Choose year:  2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0120.03 , 0121.01

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009
(Based on 2 partial tracts)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings
C) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED7$171,7066$212,9581$86,760
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED3$277,4031$223,6200$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED1$150,0300$00$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$02$150,9950$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$00$0
Choose year:  2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0120.03 , 0121.01

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