What is the median home value in Silver Spring, MD?

The median value of owner-occupied homes in Silver Spring, MD is $643,300 (±$16,258), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Silver Spring, the median home value went from $516,900 in 2015–2019 to $643,300 in 2020–2024 (+24.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on .

Median home value
$643,300 (±$16,258)
Owner-occupied homes
13,009 (±649)
Most common range
$500,000 to $999,999

Home values in Silver Spring

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
ValueSilver SpringMontgomery CountyMarylandUnited States
Less than $50,0000.9% (±0.8 points)1.3%3.0%5.3%
$50,000 to $99,9990.6% (±0.3 points)0.7%2.0%6.1%
$100,000 to $149,9990.9% (±0.6 points)0.9%2.7%6.8%
$150,000 to $199,9991.7% (±0.8 points)1.6%4.8%9.0%
$200,000 to $299,9996.4% (±1.4 points)5.8%14.8%17.8%
$300,000 to $499,99921.0% (±2.6 points)23.2%37.1%26.9%
$500,000 to $999,99959.4% (±2.8 points)47.6%29.7%20.9%
$1,000,000 or more9.3% (±1.6 points)18.8%6.0%7.1%

The most common range is $500,000 to $999,999, 59.4% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Silver Spring against Montgomery County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Silver SpringMontgomery CountyMarylandUnited States
Median home value$643,300 (±$16,258)$640,300 (±$5,098)$419,900 (±$1,385)$332,700
Owner-occupied homes13,009 (±649)254,139 (±2,460)1,597,565 (±8,362)84,210,142

In Silver Spring, the median home value is not measurably different from Montgomery County ($640,300).

It is also higher than in Maryland ($419,900).

It is higher than the national figure ($332,700).

In Montgomery County, Silver Spring ranks 33 of 59 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 46 of 381.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How home values in Silver Spring have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median home value$516,900 (±$13,563)$643,300 (±$16,258)+24.5%No measurable change after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage$2,528 (±$67)$2,845 (±$93)+12.5%Down after inflation
Median real estate taxes$4,435 (±$97)$5,360 (±$160)+20.9%No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Silver Spring

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Silver Spring
PlaceDistanceMedian home valueCompared with this place
Silver Spring—$643,300 (±$16,258)—
Four Corners1.6 mi$620,400 (±$16,065)Lower
Forest Glen1.7 mi$606,100 (±$26,368)Lower
Takoma Park1.8 mi$749,200 (±$37,123)Higher
Langley Park2.3 mi$357,200 (±$19,027)Lower
Burnt Mills2.5 mi$574,300 (±$66,468)Lower
South Kensington2.6 mi$919,800 (±$37,414)Higher
Kemp Mill2.7 mi$596,600 (±$19,564)Lower
North Chevy Chase2.9 mi$1,212,500 (±$66,937)Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Four Corners, MD ($620,400), Forest Glen, MD ($606,100), Langley Park, MD ($357,200).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Takoma Park, MD ($749,200), South Kensington, MD ($919,800), North Chevy Chase, MD ($1,212,500).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Montgomery County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian home value
27Barnesville$730,300 (±$164,437)
28Derwood$719,800 (±$113,033)
29Rockville$682,300 (±$18,120)
30Clarksburg$679,400 (±$30,621)
31Cloverly$665,300 (±$17,564)
32Olney$656,600 (±$14,917)
33Silver Spring$643,300 (±$16,258)
34Spencerville$626,900 (±$27,103)
35Four Corners$620,400 (±$16,065)
36Colesville$616,800 (±$18,161)
37Washington Grove$612,700 (±$35,745)
38Layhill$608,000 (±$42,242)
39Forest Glen$606,100 (±$26,368)

Showing 13 of 59 places in Montgomery County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Silver Spring is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Silver Spring

What is the average home value in Silver Spring, MD?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $643,300 (±$16,258) for owner-occupied homes in Silver Spring (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Silver Spring gone up?

In Silver Spring, the median home value went from $516,900 in 2015–2019 to $643,300 in 2020–2024 (+24.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Is this what homes in Silver Spring sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Silver Spring CDP, Maryland (place:72450, in state:24).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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