Silver Spring is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 76,725 people and 26 constituent neighborhoods, Silver Spring is the third largest community in Maryland.

Silver Spring is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.67% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Silver Spring is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Silver Spring who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.65%), management occupations (11.25%), and sales jobs (7.66%).

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 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.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Silver Spring is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

One downside of living in Silver Spring is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Silver Spring, the average commute to work is 33.60 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Silver Spring Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Silver Spring is a pretty powerful place. 48.48% 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 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Silver Spring in 2000 was $26,357, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,428 for a family of four.

Silver Spring is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Silver Spring home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Silver Spring is White, followed by 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 22.18% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Silver Spring include Irish, German, English, African, Italian, and Ethiopian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Silver Spring's cultural character, accounting for 35.07% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Silver Spring are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Silver Spring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, African, and French.