Seat Pleasant vs Silver Hill

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

Seat Pleasant 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 4,515 in Seat Pleasant). Silver Hill has the higher median household income ($61,566 vs $54,076 in Seat Pleasant). Seat Pleasant has the higher median home value ($296,600 vs $283,900 in Silver Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Seat Pleasant	Silver Hill
Population	4,515	5,068
Median age	46.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,076	$61,566
Median home value	$296,600	$283,900
Median gross rent	$1,392	$1,569
Housing units	2,372	2,923
Homeownership rate	52.4%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	26.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seat Pleasant	Silver Hill
Population	4,739 → 4,515 (-4.7%)	5,120 → 5,068 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$55,370 → $54,076 (-2.3%)	$59,477 → $61,566 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$208,700 → $296,600 (+42.1%)	$182,400 → $283,900 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,392 (+43.1%)	$1,468 → $1,569 (+6.9%)

Seat Pleasant

Population

4,7394,515

Median household income

$55,370$54,076

Median home value

$208,700$296,600

Median gross rent

$973$1,392

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)

	Seat Pleasant	Silver Hill
Under 5	8.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	9.4%	8.5%
18 to 24	2.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	22.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	18.3%
55 to 64	19.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	14.6%	7.6%
75 and over	7.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seat Pleasant	Silver Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	1.3%
Black or African American	80.2%	91.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seat Pleasant	Silver Hill
No high school diploma	9.0%	12.9%
High school graduate	42.0%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seat Pleasant	Silver Hill
Drove alone	57.1%	69.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.1%
Public transit	8.9%	12.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	6.6%
Other means	3.5%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seat Pleasant	Silver Hill
1-unit, detached	44.3%	10.4%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	20.8%	52.8%
20 or more units	6.2%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Seat Pleasant	Silver Hill
Poverty rate	15.6%	13.2%
Average household size	2.05	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1961	1973