Silver Ridge is an

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and

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(CDP) located within Berkeley Township, in

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, United States.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)

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, August 2012. Accessed January 4, 2013.Locality Search
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. Accessed April 19, 2015. Listed as Silver Ridge Park. As of the

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, the CDP's population was 1,133.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Silver Ridge CDP, New Jersey

. Accessed January 6, 2013.

Geography

According to the

, the CDP had a total area of 0.469 square miles (1.215 km²), including 0.465 square miles (1.205 km²) of land and 0.004 square miles (0.010 km²) of water (0.83%).US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990

. Accessed September 4, 2014.

Demographics

Census 2010

Census 2000

As of the

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there were 1,211 people, 770 households, and 372 families living in the CDP. The

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was 1,062.7/km² (2,755.0/mi²). There were 827 housing units at an average density of 725.7/km² (1,881.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.26%

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, 0.33%

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, 0.08% Native American, 0.25%

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, 0.08% from

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of any race were 1.24% of the population.DP-1 - Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Silver Ridge CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed January 6, 2013. There were 770 households, out of which none had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.6% were non-families. 48.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 41.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.57 and the average family size was 2.11. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 0.1% under the age of 18, 0.5% from 18 to 24, 3.4% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 73.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 72 years. For every 100 females, there were 68.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 68.5 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $29,671, and the median income for a family was $37,281. Males had a median income of $42,708 versus $19,911 for females. The

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for the CDP was $22,403. None of the families and 3.9% of the population were living below the

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, including no under eighteens and 5.5% of those over 64.

References

{{authority control Berkeley Township, New Jersey Census-designated places in Ocean County, New Jersey Populated places in the Pine Barrens (New Jersey)