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Silver Spring, MD

83,247 Population
7.9 square miles 10,558.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$45,785 ±$4,578 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $51,437 ±$439
  • a little higher than the amount in Maryland: $43,325 ±$422
$88,954 ±$5,379 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $105,659 ±$1,128
  • a little higher than the amount in Maryland: $86,738 ±$934

9.5% ±3.4% (7,795  ±2,857) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.6% 465,533 (±0.4% / ±21,467)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 9% 532,241 (±0.4% / ±20,417)

34.3 minutes ±1.3 (1,590,015  ±157,435) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 35.6 112,496,720 (±0.2 / ±1,030,988)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 33.7 97,843,620 (±0.2 / ±961,283)

Families

31,712 ±2,329 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,251,002 ±8,870
  • Maryland: 2,226,767 ±9,709
2.6 ±0.1 (82,912  ±6,840) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.7 6,175,951 (±0 / ±5,133)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.7 5,905,181 (±0)

3.4% ±1.6% (792  ±369) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 4.8% 75,572 (±0.3% / ±4,393)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 73,824 (±0.4% / ±4,997)

Housing

33,685 ±2,425 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,401,483 ±2,351
  • Maryland: 2,470,307 ±296

$527,300 ±$31,944 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $446,300 ±$3,299
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $332,500 ±$2,266

17.9% ±4.5% (14,730  ±3,866.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 14.6% 906,082 (±0.4% / ±24,478.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 12.6% 755,239 (±0.4% / ±24,413.6)

Social

83.3% ±2.3% (48,042  ±3,778.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91% 3,923,734 (±0.7% / ±30,780.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 90.4% 3,781,706 (±0.7% / ±31,099.2)
53.4% ±2.8% (30,792  ±2,768.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 51.4% 2,215,720 (±0.5% / ±21,981)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maryland: 40.9% 1,710,230 (±0.5% / ±20,019)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

38% ±4.9% (31,644  ±4,856) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 22.9% 1,439,844 (±0.4% / ±22,911)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 15.4% 929,431 (±0.3% / ±20,049)

2% ±0.7% (1,321  ±492) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.8% 372,052 (±0.2% / ±10,794)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maryland: 7.5% 350,423 (±0.2% / ±8,933)
1,321 Total veterans ±492 1,172 Male ±416 149 Female ±178

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