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What Is It Like to Live in Silver Spring?

What it costs to live in Silver Spring, and how it compares with other Maryland cities, in plain numbers.

Value score

24

86th best value in Maryland

How much you get for what you pay, versus other Maryland cities.

Overall livability

30

80th overall in Maryland

Cost, safety, schools, jobs and quality of life combined.

Silver Spring is home to about 82,472 people. A typical home runs $537,600 and a household earns around $92,000, a price-to-income ratio of 5.8. Among Maryland's largest cities, it ranks 86th for value and 80th overall.

Silver Spring at a glance

Median home price

$537,600

93rd in MD of 94

Median rent

$1,736/mo

Median household income

$92,000

Home price to income

5.8x

Unemployment

5.2%

47th in MD of 94

School rating

9/10

43rd in MD of 94

Air quality (AQI)

45

0th in MD of 94

Walk score

9/100

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Sources: Home prices and rent from Zillow; income, unemployment and commute from the U.S. Census; school ratings from state education data; crime from the FBI; air quality from the EPA. City rankings are within Maryland only. Updated 2026.