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Silver Spring, MD

84,996 Population
7.9 square miles 10,782.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2

Economics

$53,913 ±$4,310 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $61,464 ±$596
  • a little higher than the amount in Maryland: $50,728 ±$489
$100,116 ±$15,861 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $121,469 ±$1,331
  • about the same as the amount in Maryland: $98,678 ±$1,292

8.4% ±3.2% (7,086  ±2,760) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.9% 490,595 (±0.4% / ±22,757)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,160 (±0.3% / ±20,592)

32.9 minutes ±6.6 (1,248,535  ±167,702) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 32.7 86,635,990 (±0.2 / ±890,739)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 31.5 82,879,024 (±0.3 / ±1,095,870)

Families

35,086 ±2,478 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,409,575 ±7,566
  • Maryland: 2,384,715 ±7,944
2.4 ±0.1 (84,806  ±7,760) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,199,581 (±0 / ±2,614)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.5 6,055,057

3.2% ±2.2% (771  ±550) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 77,153 (±0.3% / ±4,733)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,658 (±0.3% / ±4,934)

Housing

36,381 ±2,594 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,532,369 ±2,015
  • Maryland: 2,572,382 ±567

$620,800 ±$37,713 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: $574,000 ±$4,126
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $413,600 ±$3,126

12.9% ±2.9% (10,818  ±2,646.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 13.2% 823,817 (±0.4% / ±26,634.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11% 673,817 (±0.4% / ±26,954.4)

Social

88.7% ±2.4% (52,914  ±4,690.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.1% 3,960,964 (±0.8% / ±33,076.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,917,459 (±0.8% / ±33,511.9)
63.4% ±4% (37,797  ±3,986.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 54.8% 2,383,616 (±0.6% / ±24,201.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 43.8% 1,880,000 (±0.5% / ±22,089)

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

33.3% ±5.5% (28,262  ±5,330) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.6% 1,548,194 (±0.3% / ±17,874)
  • about double the rate in Maryland: 17% 1,051,891

1.6% ±0.9% (1,056  ±591) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7% 340,037 (±0.2% / ±10,315)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maryland: 6.7% 318,150 (±0.2% / ±8,991)
1,056 Total veterans ±591 951 Male ±549 105 Female ±133

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