National Harbor vs Silver Hill

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

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

Silver Hill has the higher population (5,068 vs 4,418 in National Harbor). National Harbor has the higher median household income ($133,616 vs $61,566 in Silver Hill). National Harbor has the higher median home value ($462,000 vs $283,900 in Silver Hill).

Population, income & housing

	National Harbor	Silver Hill
Population	4,418	5,068
Median age	49.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$133,616	$61,566
Median home value	$462,000	$283,900
Median gross rent	$2,293	$1,569
Housing units	2,583	2,923
Homeownership rate	54.4%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	National Harbor	Silver Hill
Population	4,296 → 4,418 (+2.8%)	5,120 → 5,068 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$89,838 → $133,616 (+48.7%)	$59,477 → $61,566 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$358,000 → $462,000 (+29.1%)	$182,400 → $283,900 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,352 → $2,293 (+69.6%)	$1,468 → $1,569 (+6.9%)

National Harbor

Population

4,2964,418

Median household income

$89,838$133,616

Median home value

$358,000$462,000

Median gross rent

$1,352$2,293

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)

	National Harbor	Silver Hill
Under 5	2.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	2.3%	8.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	22.7%
35 to 44	17.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.6%	18.3%
55 to 64	18.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	7.6%
75 and over	5.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	National Harbor	Silver Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	1.3%
Black or African American	48.4%	91.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	13.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	National Harbor	Silver Hill
No high school diploma	5.5%	12.9%
High school graduate	17.6%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	National Harbor	Silver Hill
Drove alone	65.2%	69.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	7.1%
Public transit	6.8%	12.7%
Walked	3.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	6.6%
Other means	2.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	National Harbor	Silver Hill
1-unit, detached	22.6%	10.4%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	52.8%
20 or more units	46.8%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	National Harbor	Silver Hill
Poverty rate	6.5%	13.2%
Average household size	1.82	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	36	35
Median year structure built	2002	1973