Marlow Heights vs Silver Hill

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

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

Marlow Heights has the higher population (6,144 vs 5,068 in Silver Hill). Silver Hill has the higher median household income ($61,566 vs $58,268 in Marlow Heights). Marlow Heights has the higher median home value ($366,700 vs $283,900 in Silver Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Marlow Heights	Silver Hill
Population	6,144	5,068
Median age	40.5 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,268	$61,566
Median home value	$366,700	$283,900
Median gross rent	$1,638	$1,569
Housing units	2,826	2,923
Homeownership rate	45.0%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marlow Heights	Silver Hill
Population	5,872 → 6,144 (+4.6%)	5,120 → 5,068 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$68,702 → $58,268 (-15.2%)	$59,477 → $61,566 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$275,300 → $366,700 (+33.2%)	$182,400 → $283,900 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,638 (+21.8%)	$1,468 → $1,569 (+6.9%)

Marlow Heights

Population

5,8726,144

Median household income

$68,702$58,268

Median home value

$275,300$366,700

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,638

Silver Hill

Population

5,1205,068

Median household income

$59,477$61,566

Median home value

$182,400$283,900

Median gross rent

$1,468$1,569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marlow Heights	Silver Hill
Under 5	4.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	8.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	22.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.0%	18.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.6%
75 and over	8.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marlow Heights	Silver Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	2.8%	1.3%
Black or African American	84.0%	91.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marlow Heights	Silver Hill
No high school diploma	12.8%	12.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marlow Heights	Silver Hill
Drove alone	62.4%	69.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.1%
Public transit	21.9%	12.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.6%
Other means	2.2%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marlow Heights	Silver Hill
1-unit, detached	42.6%	10.4%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	30.5%	52.8%
20 or more units	15.9%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marlow Heights	Silver Hill
Poverty rate	24.3%	13.2%
Average household size	2.24	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	41	35
Median year structure built	1972	1973