Silver Lake Real Estate
Silver Lake Real Estate
This guide to Silver Lake real estate covers a neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles. Wikipedia describes it as a residential and commercial neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, lists its ZIP codes as 90026 and 90039 and gives its area as 2.75 square miles. It says Silver Lake is flanked by Atwater Village and Elysian Valley on the northeast, Echo Park on the southeast, Westlake on the southwest, East Hollywood on the west and Los Feliz on the northwest.
Read on for the neighborhood’s history, the Silver Lake Reservoir Complex, Sunset Junction, the areas beside it, getting around, parks, shopping, the library and schools, and free address lookups. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Silver Lake is one of the communities in the Central Los Angeles section of this site.
Silver Lake Real Estate By The Numbers
Silver Lake
Compared with 45 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 46
Silver Lake ranks below the middle on Price Growth, among the lowest on Rent Growth, and among the highest on Rental Demand. The score is the average of the three.
It is not a rating of Silver Lake, its people or its schools, and it does not measure affordability. A higher or lower number only shows how these three housing-market numbers compare with other communities.
What The Number Means
Select a range to see what it means
Generally, price growth and rent growth are among the slowest of the communities, and more rentals sit empty than in most other communities.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally among the slowest of the communities.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose less, or fell more, than in most other communities.
- If you are a tenant
- A larger share of rentals sit empty than in most other communities, and rent growth is generally among the slowest.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally among the slowest, and the share of empty rentals is higher than in most other communities.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank among the lowest of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are slower, and more rentals sit empty, than in the typical community.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally behind the typical community.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose less, or fell more, than in the typical community.
- If you are a tenant
- A larger share of rentals sit empty than in the typical community, and rent growth is generally slower.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally slower than in the typical community, and the share of empty rentals is higher.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank below the middle of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are faster, and fewer rentals sit empty, than in the typical community.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally ahead of the typical community.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose more, or fell less, than in the typical community.
- If you are a tenant
- A smaller share of rentals sit empty than in the typical community, and rent growth is generally faster.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally faster than in the typical community, and the share of empty rentals is lower.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank above the middle of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are among the fastest of the communities, and fewer rentals sit empty than in most other communities.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally among the fastest of the communities.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose more, or fell less, than in most other communities.
- If you are a tenant
- A smaller share of rentals sit empty than in most other communities, and rent growth is generally among the fastest.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally among the fastest, and the share of empty rentals is lower than in most other communities.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank among the highest of the communities.
Based on the last 12 months of Zillow data and the Census Bureau’s rental vacancy survey, which covers several years. This compares housing-market numbers across communities. It says nothing about what a property costs or earns, and it is not a forecast, advice, or a rating of any area.
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Each bar shows how Silver Lake ranks among the communities with figures for that measure. A fuller bar means a higher rank, not a better or worse area. The gold tick marks the middle.
Change in the typical home value over the last 12 months (Zillow). Useful to buyers, sellers and owners.
Change in the typical rent over the last 12 months (Zillow). Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
Share of rental homes that sit empty (Census Bureau survey, 2020 to 2024, so it can run behind today’s market). Fewer empty rentals ranks higher. Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
See how this score is calculated
The Housing Market Score compares this community with the other Los Angeles-area communities this site covers (the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, central Los Angeles and the Santa Clarita Valley). It is a resource for anyone comparing areas: buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, investors and developers. A community with more than one ZIP code uses all of them: each ZIP code’s home values and rents count in proportion to its number of homes (the Census Bureau’s home counts), and the empty rentals and rental homes of all of them are added together. Each measure is turned into a rank from 0 to 100, then the ranks are averaged. A rank of 89 means the area is ahead of about 89 out of every 100 others on that measure. The bar below the score splits the 0 to 100 scale into four ranges (0–25, 26–49, 50–79 and 80–100). Selecting a range shows what it looks like for a buyer, seller, tenant, landlord or someone looking to invest, and the same four names label each measure bar. Price Growth is the change in Zillow’s typical home value over the last 12 months. Rent Growth is the change in Zillow’s typical rent over the last 12 months. Rental Demand is how few rental homes sit empty, from the Census Bureau’s rental vacancy rate (fewer empty rentals ranks higher). If a measure has too little data for an area, it is left out and the score says how many measures it used. The score describes housing-market numbers only. It is not a rating of the people or the neighborhood, and it is not investment advice.
Price Level
Price Level compares how high typical home values and rents are with the other communities. It is separate from the Housing Market Score and does not change it. A fuller bar means a higher rank, not a better or worse area. The gold tick marks the middle.
Silver Lake ranks below the middle on Home Values and Rents.
The typical home value (Zillow), with all of this community’s ZIP codes combined. Useful to buyers, sellers and owners.
The typical monthly rent (Zillow), with all of this community’s ZIP codes combined. Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
It is not part of the Housing Market Score, and it does not measure affordability or the cost of living. It compares typical home values and rents across communities. Dollar figures are in the Market Snapshot tab.
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A Short History Of Silver Lake
Wikipedia’s Silver Lake article says the area known as Ivanhoe, to the north of the current reservoir, was originally developed by Byram & Poindexter as early as 1887 and was named for Sir Walter Scott’s book of the same name.
A cultural resources report dated September 13, 2019, for the City’s reservoir master plan, says the Ivanhoe Reservoir was completed in 1906 and the Silver Lake Reservoir the following year, as part of Los Angeles’ emergency municipal water system. An appendix to the report says the Silver Lake Reservoir was named for Herman Silver, a member of Los Angeles’ first Board of Water Commissioners.
The Silver Lake Reservoir Complex
The City’s Master Plan overview, dated December 30, 2020, says the Silver Lake and Ivanhoe Reservoirs, also known as the Silver Lake Reservoir Complex, are owned by the LADWP. It places the complex on an approximately 127-acre site in the Silver Lake neighborhood that includes reservoirs, dams and public recreational facilities. The cultural resources report says the complex is a designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, HCM No. 422.
LADWP’s bypass project page, updated February 9, 2018, says the reservoirs are bypassed by the water distribution system, are no longer used as sources of drinking water and will be maintained as non-potable water bodies. LADWP’s January 2025 update says LADWP built infrastructure to use groundwater from the nearby Pollock Well facility to refill Ivanhoe and Silver Lake Reservoirs.
The Bureau of Engineering’s environmental review page says the full City Council approved the Silver Lake Reservoir Complex Master Plan on August 23, 2023.
Sunset Junction
Wikipedia’s Sunset Junction article calls Sunset Junction an informal name for a portion of the Silver Lake district, in the southwestern part of the district along Sunset Boulevard. It says the name refers to the street junction of Sunset Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard, and that the junction was originally formed by the branching of two interurban railway lines and was known as Sanborn or Hollywood Junction.
Silver Lake And The Areas Beside It
The City’s Bureau of Engineering project page says the Glendale Boulevard – Hyperion Avenue Viaduct Complex, known locally as the Glendale Hyperion Bridge, crosses from Atwater Village to Silver Lake. City Planning’s Silver Lake – Echo Park – Elysian Valley Community Plan page says that plan area includes Echo Park, Elysian Valley and Silver Lake, among other neighborhoods. This site has guides to two of the neighboring areas, Atwater Village and East Hollywood.
Getting Around Silver Lake
Wikipedia’s Silver Lake article names the Glendale Freeway on the east and the Hollywood Freeway on the south among its boundaries.
Metro’s line schedules page lists Line 2 as via Sunset Bl, Line 4 as via Santa Monica Bl and Line 92 as via Glendale Bl, Glenoaks Bl. The timetables it links are effective June 7, 2026 for Line 2 and December 14, 2025 for Lines 4 and 92. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.
Parks And Open Space
The City’s recreation and parks website lists the Silver Lake Recreation Center at 1850 W. Silver Lake Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90026, with a play area, a community room, an indoor gym, picnic tables, a multipurpose sports field and an outdoor basketball court. Its page for the Silverlake Dog Park lists 1863 Silver Lake Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026.
The Master Plan overview describes the Meadow as mostly open lawn with some shade trees and a mix of ornamental and native planting with several walking paths, and its timeline lists 2011 for the opening of Silver Lake Meadow. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.
Shopping And Dining
The numbers section counts nearby grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops.
Library, Schools And Colleges
The Los Angeles Public Library’s Silver Lake Branch Library is at 2411 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039. The library’s page lists metered street parking and subterranean parking, a bike rack, Metro Bus route 92, public computers, Wi-Fi, wireless printing and a scanner.
Wikipedia’s Silver Lake article lists the schools within the neighborhood. The Los Angeles Unified School District says its area includes most of the city of Los Angeles, and its website links to school search, school directory and enrollment pages. The numbers section lists nearby K-12 and adult schools, colleges and trade schools by distance, with links to their official pages. School attendance areas are set by the school district, so confirm them with the district for any address you are considering.
Look Up A Silver Lake Address
Free public tools let anyone check an address’s zoning and assessment details. ZIMAS is a web-based mapping tool from City Planning that provides zoning information for properties located in Los Angeles. The County Office of the Assessor also has a public portal for property assessment information.
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