Silver Spring.
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19 tracts·82K people·$643K median·10,368/mi²
White 33 · Black 28 · Hispanic 24 · Asian 9 · Multiracial 5 · Other 1
Living alone 36 · Married couple 35 · Other 29
Professional 46 · Health 18 · Retail 9 · Leisure 9 · Manufacturing 7 · Public admin 1 · Other 9
Management · business · science · arts 57 · Service 16 · Sales · office 12 · Construction · maintenance 7 · Production · transport 7
Drive alone 45 · Work from home 27 · Carpool 14 · Transit 14 · Walk 2 · Bike 1
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Silver Spring is $643,300 (Census ACS) — 1.4× the US median of $458,812.
Silver Spring has 81,462 residents across 19 census tracts and 12 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 35.6; the population is 32.8% White, 28.3% Black, 24.5% Hispanic or Latino, 8.5% Asian, 5.3% Multiracial and 0.6% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 60.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 10.6% (Census ACS).
Rock Creek Forest Elementary (60%), Sligo Creek Elementary (60%) and Highland View Elementary (48%) lead the elementary schools; Eastern Middle (45%) and Silver Spring International Middle (39%) lead the middle schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,913/month, 21% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Silver Spring is $99,860 a year, 16% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Silver Spring, median rent is $1,913/month and the median home value is $643,300 (Census ACS).
Silver Spring reported 0.0 violent crimes and 0.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 1996).
Summer highs average 85°F; winter lows average 28°F; there are 83 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 45 inches; snowfall averages 16 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Silver Spring are winter weather (55), hail (24) and cold wave (23), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.17g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Silver Spring, 2.5% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).