Silverdale Borough is one of Bucks County's 54 municipalities. This profile routes tax layers, school district context, corridor framing, and official county records — with honest source labels on every claim.
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Municipality identity
What we know about Silverdale Borough.
Overview editorial is still expanding for Silverdale Borough. The facts below come from curated municipal reference data — not market valuations or price claims.
Municipality type Borough official
County Bucks County, PA official
Housing corridor Upper Bucks curated
Primary ZIP 18962 curated
Population 871 curated
Land area 0.3 sq mi curated
Established 1898 curated
Reference coordinates 40.3464, -75.2708 curated
Housing corridor
Upper Bucks
Corridor grouping is curated for housing comparison — not a municipal boundary.
Primary ZIP
18962
ZIP codes do not determine school district assignment in Bucks County.
Population
871
Municipal reference data — confirm with U.S. Census for official counts.
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Municipal reference data.
Established
1898
Historical incorporation reference — verify with municipal records if material to your decision.
Reference coordinates
40.3464, -75.2708
Centroid-style reference point for GIS orientation — not a property boundary.
Market snapshot
Silverdale Borough by the numbers.
Census-cited figures for Silverdale Borough from the American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024).
These are survey estimates with margins of error — context for a decision, not a current listing price.
Curated municipality-to-district mapping — still verify at the property address; some townships span district boundaries.
Pennridge School District schools — the district roster from the
federal NCES directory. Assignment within the district is set by the exact address, not the town.
Three bills. Three offices. County-published millage.
Bucks County property owners receive separate county, municipal, and school district tax bills. The rates below
are transcribed from the county's official millage sheet and apply to a property's county assessed value —
a fraction of market value — not its sale price.
County millage (2026)29.65 mills
official
Silverdale Borough millage (2026)17.50 mills
official
Pennridge SD millage (2025–2026)140.1892 mills official
Combined total187.3392 mills
County (29.65 mills)
Silverdale Borough (17.50 mills)
Pennridge SD (140.1892 mills)
Estimated annual total
Estimate only: assessed value × mills ÷ 1,000 per layer, before the homestead exclusion or
any interim adjustments. The county bill is what the offices say it is, not what a website computes.
More land per dollar, lower density, borough anchors like Quakertown and Perkasie, and the most patient appreciation in the county.
Buyer framing (curated): More land per dollar, borough downtowns like Quakertown and Perkasie, and Pennridge or Quakertown schools. Buyers who want space often start here.
Assessment, deed, parcel, and municipal contact checks belong in every serious housing decision. These links route to official or curated public-source hubs — not secondary aggregators.
Production housing intelligence means honest gaps — not filler. These items still need official source input or licensed data before they can be published as facts.
pending
Municipality overview
Editorial overview not yet written for this town. Identity facts and official-source routing below are still available.
Decision signals
What matters before you act in Silverdale Borough.
01
official
Tax layers
County + municipal + school
Every Bucks County property has three separate tax bills. Millage rates are not published on this profile — verify with the Board of Assessment and municipal tax office.
02
curated
School district
Pennridge SD
Curated municipality mapping. District assignment is still address-level — verify before you act.
03
curated
Market corridor
Upper Bucks
More land per dollar, lower density, borough anchors like Quakertown and Perkasie, and the most patient appreciation in the county.
04
pending
Municipality overview
Expanding
Editorial overview pending. Identity facts below are sourced from municipal reference data.
County context
How Silverdale Borough compares to the rest of Bucks County.
At $360,300, the median home in Silverdale Borough sits 19.1% below the $445,250 county
median — 42nd highest of the 54 municipalities with
a published figure.
Median household income sits 5.4% below the county at $107,321. Owner-occupancy is high at 88.2%, so resale stock turns over slowly and rentals are scarce.
The mean one-way commute is 23.4 min against a county median
of 28.9 min.
Measure
Silverdale Borough
County median
Rank
Median home value
$360,300
$445,250
42nd of 54 -19.1%
Median household income
$107,321
$113,475
30th of 54 -5.4%
Median gross rent
$1,566
$1,575
27th of 52 -0.5%
Owner-occupied share
88.2%
80.7%
13th of 54 +9.3%
Mean commute
23.4 min
28.9 min
50th of 54 -19%
Median age
41.4
44.1
39th of 54 -6%
Population density
2,903 / sq mi
—
0.3 sq mi total
Ranks and county medians are computed across all Bucks County municipalities reporting each measure in the
American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Rank 1 is the highest value, not the "best" —
a high median home value and a long commute are both rank 1 at the top of their columns.
Similar towns
If Silverdale Borough fits, look at these next.
Closest matches on home value, income, rent, owner-occupancy and commute — the towns a buyer weighing Silverdale Borough usually ends up comparing it against.
The borough is a short stretch of Route 152 between Perkasie and Hilltown's farmland — Souderton and Chalfont are ten minutes either way.
Silverdale is one of the smallest boroughs in Bucks County — essentially a village along
Route 152 with its own municipal government, wrapped on all sides by Hilltown Township
farmland. There’s no park system or commercial district to review; Perkasie’s parks and
Souderton’s shopping each sit about ten minutes away.
What it offers is simple: borough-scale lots and Pennridge schools at prices that often
undercut both Perkasie and the surrounding townships. Listings appear rarely and sell on
value, so it functions best as an alert-list town for budget-conscious Pennridge buyers.
Last verified July 23, 2026. Sources: Silverdale Borough — official site
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Official verification
Confirm facts at the property line.
A Silverdale Borough address is presumed to sit in Pennridge SD, but boundaries split streets — confirm the assignment for the exact parcel. Assessment matters more than the $360,300 median suggests: Bucks County assesses at a fraction of market value, so two similar Silverdale Borough homes can carry very different bills.
Silverdale Borough is served by Pennridge SD. School assignment in Bucks County is address-level — some townships span attendance boundaries — so always confirm the assigned school for a specific property with the district before making an offer.
What is the median home value in Silverdale Borough?
The median value of owner-occupied homes in Silverdale Borough is about $360K, per the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, table B25077). ACS figures are survey estimates with a margin of error, not current listing prices — use them for context, not pricing.
Who lives in Silverdale Borough?
Silverdale Borough has a median household income of about $107K, a median age of 41.4, 88.2% owner-occupied households, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024). See the market snapshot on this page for the full census-cited profile.
What are property taxes like in Silverdale Borough?
Silverdale Borough property owners pay three separate bills totaling 187.3392 mills on the county assessed value (2026 county sheet): county 29.65 mills, Silverdale Borough 17.5 mills, and Pennridge SD 140.1892 mills. Mills apply to the assessed value — a fraction of market value — so estimate a bill as assessed value × mills ÷ 1,000, and verify rates with the Board of Assessment before closing.
What is the average commute from Silverdale Borough?
Workers living in Silverdale Borough average about 23.4 minutes each way, per ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024, tables B08013/B08303). Silverdale Borough sits in the Upper Bucks corridor of Bucks County.
What part of Bucks County is Silverdale Borough in?
Silverdale Borough is a borough in the Upper Bucks corridor of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (ZIP 18962). More land per dollar, lower density, borough anchors like Quakertown and Perkasie, and the most patient appreciation in the county.
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