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Silver Spring, MD

77,793 Population
7.9 square miles 9,868.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$61,389 ±$5,846 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $63,559 ±$522
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$115,126 ±$6,806 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $126,244 ±$1,374
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.7% ±4.2% (8,301  ±3,358) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 8.3% 523,048 (±0.4% / ±23,764)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

38.6 minutes ±2.1 (1,437,605  ±233,517) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 33.8 93,357,944 (±0.3 / ±1,118,366)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 32.3 87,922,816 (±0.3 / ±1,040,848)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

31,666 ±2,884 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,415,530 ±7,433
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.2 (77,586  ±8,640) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,333,457 (±0 / ±2,832)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±3.2% (1,025  ±681) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 80,297 (±0.4% / ±5,800)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,614 ±2,997 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,550,314 ±1,620
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$668,500 ±$44,228 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $604,800 ±$4,223
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.5% ±3.1% (9,620  ±2,574.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 12.5% 798,264 (±0.5% / ±28,753.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.6% ±12.1% (48,458  ±4,380.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.3% 4,058,848 (±0.8% / ±33,896)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
61.6% ±0.9% (33,340  ±3,358.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 55.5% 2,466,941 (±0.5% / ±23,939.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

35.5% ±6% (27,578  ±5,584) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.7% 1,589,838 (±0.5% / ±29,196)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.9% ±1.1% (1,807  ±733) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 6.8% 338,418 (±0.2% / ±9,315)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,807 Total veterans ±733 1,580 Male ±673 227 Female ±234

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