Silver Hill vs Springdale

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

Silver Hill and Springdale 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 4,476 in Springdale). Springdale has the higher median household income ($168,400 vs $61,566 in Silver Hill). Springdale has the higher median home value ($436,500 vs $283,900 in Silver Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Hill	Springdale
Population	5,068	4,476
Median age	43.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,566	$168,400
Median home value	$283,900	$436,500
Median gross rent	$1,569	—
Housing units	2,923	1,352
Homeownership rate	18.7%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Hill	Springdale
Population	5,120 → 5,068 (-1.0%)	3,199 → 4,476 (+39.9%)
Median household income	$59,477 → $61,566 (+3.5%)	$121,850 → $168,400 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$182,400 → $283,900 (+55.6%)	$333,500 → $436,500 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $1,569 (+6.9%)	$1,912 → $1,556 (-18.6%)

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

Springdale

Population

3,1994,476

Median household income

$121,850$168,400

Median home value

$333,500$436,500

Median gross rent

$1,912$1,556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Hill	Springdale
Under 5	5.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	8.5%	11.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	22.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	18.3%	18.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	19.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	6.1%
75 and over	6.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Hill	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	0.4%
Black or African American	91.6%	82.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Hill	Springdale
No high school diploma	12.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	43.0%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Hill	Springdale
Drove alone	69.1%	62.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.2%
Public transit	12.7%	4.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	22.7%
Other means	3.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Hill	Springdale
1-unit, detached	10.4%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	52.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Silver Hill	Springdale
Poverty rate	13.2%	1.6%
Average household size	1.94	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1973	1990