Aspen Hill vs Silver Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Aspen Hill and Silver Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

Aspen Hill and Silver Spring are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Silver Spring has the higher population (82,129 vs 53,752 in Aspen Hill). Aspen Hill has the higher median household income ($109,026 vs $98,880 in Silver Spring). Silver Spring has the higher median home value ($619,400 vs $538,000 in Aspen Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Aspen Hill	Silver Spring
Population	53,752	82,129
Median age	37.6 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,026	$98,880
Median home value	$538,000	$619,400
Median gross rent	$1,925	$1,899
Housing units	17,992	35,620
Homeownership rate	64.4%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	59.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aspen Hill	Silver Spring
Population	53,049 → 53,752 (+1.3%)	81,773 → 82,129 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$87,055 → $109,026 (+25.2%)	$83,782 → $98,880 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$423,300 → $538,000 (+27.1%)	$516,900 → $619,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,684 → $1,925 (+14.3%)	$1,665 → $1,899 (+14.1%)

Aspen Hill

Population

53,04953,752

Median household income

$87,055$109,026

Median home value

$423,300$538,000

Median gross rent

$1,684$1,925

Silver Spring

Population

81,77382,129

Median household income

$83,782$98,880

Median home value

$516,900$619,400

Median gross rent

$1,665$1,899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aspen Hill	Silver Spring
Under 5	5.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	18.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.0%
75 and over	6.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aspen Hill	Silver Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	33.6%
Black or African American	15.7%	27.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aspen Hill	Silver Spring
No high school diploma	15.1%	13.1%
High school graduate	21.1%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	33.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aspen Hill	Silver Spring
Drove alone	54.2%	45.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.6%
Public transit	10.2%	16.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	20.5%	23.8%
Other means	1.5%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aspen Hill	Silver Spring
1-unit, detached	52.3%	30.0%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	28.6%	16.3%
20 or more units	4.4%	43.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Aspen Hill	Silver Spring
Poverty rate	8.8%	9.7%
Average household size	3.06	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1970	1964