Silver Spring, Maryland (MD) Poverty Rate Data
Information about poor and low income residents
Data:
Poverty rates in Silver Spring
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2015:
| Silver Spring: | 19.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.7% |
| Silver Spring: | 6.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.7% |
| Silver Spring: | 11.8% |
| Maryland: | 11.8% |
15.1%
among residents who are not classified as poor):
| Silver Spring: | 21.9% |
| Maryland: | 11.8% |
| Silver Spring: | 14.0% |
| Maryland: | 15.6% |
14.4%
among residents who are not classified as poor):
| Silver Spring: | 21.5% |
| Maryland: | 15.6% |
| Residents below poverty level: | 84.4% |
| Residents above poverty level: | 54.0% |
Poverty by age in Silver Spring
Breakdown by age of poor male residents in Silver Spring (percentage below poverty level)
Breakdown by age of poor female residents in Silver Spring (percentage below poverty level)
Breakdown by age of very poor residents in Silver Spring, MD (percentage below half of poverty level)
Poverty by race and place of birth in Silver Spring
Breakdown by races of poor residents (income below poverty level) in Silver Spring in percentages
Breakdown by races of poor residents in Silver Spring in absolute numbers
Poverty status for native-born residents
- 15.5%Below poverty level
- 84.5%Above poverty level
Poverty status for foreign-born residents
- 14.8%Below poverty level
- 85.2%Above poverty level
Poverty in families in Silver Spring
Children below poverty level:
| Silver Spring, Maryland: | 22.9% |
| State: | 12.8% |
| Silver Spring: | 11.8% |
| Maryland: | 13.6% |
| Silver Spring: | 31.1% |
| Maryland: | 37.8% |
Poor families by family type
- 21.4%Married-couple family
- 21.2%Male, no wife present
- 57.4%Female, no husband present
Breakdown of poor residents in Silver Spring not in families by work experience
- 3.2%Worked full-time, year-round
- 41.6%Worked part-time
- 55.2%Did not work
Breakdown of poor married-couple families by work experience
- 0.0%Both worked full-time
- 3.1%One full-time, other part-time
- 26.5%One full-time, other didn't work
- 9.9%Both worked part-time
- 32.9%One part-time, other didn't work
- 27.7%Both didn't work
Other data
Year house/condo built by year for residents below and above poverty levels in percentages
