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Silver Spring, MD
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Silver Spring profile


Living in Silver Spring



Silver Spring is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 81,015 people and 63 associated neighborhoods, Silver Spring is the fifth largest community in Maryland.

Silver Spring home prices are not only among the most expensive in Maryland, but Silver Spring real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Silver Spring has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Silver Spring is also a town of artists. Silver Spring has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Silver Spring’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 19.81% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing that you will notice about Silver Spring is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Silver Spring a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

One downside of living in Silver Spring, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.55 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Silver Spring is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the subway helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Silver Spring area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

If knowledge is power, Silver Spring is a pretty powerful place. 59.29% of the adults in Silver Spring have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Silver Spring in 2022 was $54,095, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $216,380 for a family of four. However, Silver Spring contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Silver Spring is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Silver Spring home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Silver Spring residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Silver Spring also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.60% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Silver Spring include German, Ethiopian, Irish, English, and Italian.

In addition, Silver Spring has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (33.92%).

The most common language spoken in Silver Spring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.