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Silver Spring, MD

80,265 Population
7.9 square miles 10,182 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$48,204 ±$4,942 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $55,165 ±$520
  • a little higher than the amount in Maryland: $46,500 ±$509
$84,223 ±$9,391 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $110,355 ±$1,335
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maryland: $90,203 ±$1,065

12.3% ±4.1% (9,827  ±3,436) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 8.7% 545,736 (±0.4% / ±21,628)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 10.3% 618,372 (±0.4% / ±24,989)

31.5 minutes ±7.5 (860,980  ±136,382) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 31 68,657,800 (±0.2 / ±850,958)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 29.3 67,981,576 (±0.2 / ±930,492)

Families

33,307 ±2,306 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,384,977 ±6,531
  • Maryland: 2,355,652 ±6,143
2.4 ±0.2 (80,035  ±7,969) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,257,019 (±0 / ±5,243)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,027,375 (±0)

4.6% ±2.2% (1,034  ±518) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 78,316 (±0.3% / ±4,944)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,893 (±0.4% / ±5,218)

Housing

34,703 ±2,436 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,525,717 ±2,391
  • Maryland: 2,546,364 ±423

$545,500 ±$42,783 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: $497,800 ±$3,806
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maryland: $370,800 ±$2,525

19.8% ±4.2% (15,712  ±3,668.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 14.1% 885,645 (±0.4% / ±27,027.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 712,481 (±0.5% / ±27,661.5)

Social

89.3% ±2.8% (47,658  ±4,010.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.9% 4,013,938 (±0.7% / ±30,437.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.1% 3,892,442 (±0.7% / ±31,482.8)
58.7% ±3.3% (31,301  ±3,021.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 53.4% 2,334,284 (±0.5% / ±22,241.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maryland: 42.6% 1,818,202 (±0.5% / ±21,033.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

34.8% ±5.3% (27,963  ±5,080) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 23% 1,461,587 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 15.9% 979,051 (±0.3% / ±17,853)

2.4% ±0.8% (1,436  ±494) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 7.4% 361,039 (±0.2% / ±9,341)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,591 (±0.2% / ±8,749)
1,436 Total veterans ±494 1,144 Male ±407 292 Female ±211

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