Maryland Neighborhood Guide
silver Spring
Along the northern border of Washington, D.C., sits the city of Silver Spring, Maryland. This gem of a city has all the entertainment and arts you expect to find in a major city, without all of the congestion and issues that usually go with city living. A Silver Spring neighborhood feels more like the suburbs, with quiet streets and plenty of space. Silver Spring sits on the southern border of Montgomery County but is only 6.2 miles from the heart of Washington, D.C. and often feels like an extension of the nation’s capital.
Getting Around
Downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, has a Red Line metro stop for easy commuting into Washington, D.C., and bus lines to get residents back and forth to work and shopping. The Capital Beltway is just 2 miles south, making it a quick hop into the capital. Many Silver Spring residents drive to work, but the Silver Spring Metro stop is the second busiest station, serving 60,000 people each day. For local travel, it’s common to see residents using bike paths and walking trails to get around the area for leisure..
Walker’s Paradise
What to Do
Residents in Silver Spring, Maryland, heavily support the arts with several theaters devoted to live performances, a multitude of galleries, and many public displays of artistic endeavors, ranging from murals to museums. Culture and history also have a strong presence in Silver Spring, Maryland, with renovated spots like Acorn Park. This small green space is a monument to Francis Preston Blair, the man responsible for naming the city after a small, mica-speckled spring. The park is also home to a five-panel mural painted by Mame Cohalon and a restored acorn-shaped gazebo.
The fun doesn’t stop with just art and culture. The food in Silver Spring, MD, is second to none, with more than 150 restaurants in the downtown business district. Eateries serve up everything from traditional Irish pub fare to exotically spiced Ethiopian cuisine. It’s a foodie’s paradise with worldwide flavors and down-home brews.
WHAT LOCALS LOVE
- Wheaton Regional Park and Nature Center host great educational programs and the attached Brookside Gardens is a hidden gem of a garden.
- Sligo Creek Park has lots of trails, a few sandy beaches where kids can play.
- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center shows new and classic films in a lovely renovated space.
- National Museum of Health & Medicine is dedicated to the history of medicine and specifically military medicine. A hidden gem but with tons to see.
- Wat Thai is a Buddhist temple that hosts special cultural and religious-related events throughout the year. The temple also provides language and heritage classes for children.
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station is a historic site dedicated to the history of rail and the town of Silver Spring.
- Restaurants are plentiful and diverse. Some of the local’s favorites are:
Housing
Homes for sale in Silver Spring encompass a variety of housing choices. Older, established areas like Woodside Park have stately Colonials and Cape Cod houses sitting on spacious plots. It’s also a great neighborhood to look for condominiums and apartments, with a new six-story apartment building offering leases on everything from studio layouts to two-bedroom apartments with a den. Downtown Silver Spring real estate, like that found in Blair, one of the southern neighborhoods, trends towards compact bungalows.
Housing is made up of 31,827 houses or apartments, with a median cost of homes of $1,047,279. Nearly all of the housing, 61.11%, are apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. Other types of housing include:
- 29.83% are single-family detached homes
- 4.93% are row houses and other attached homes
- 4.06% are duplexes or homes converted to apartments
Housing age breakdown:
- 48.47% built between 1940-1969
- 22.35% built between 1970 and 1999
- 16.54% built after 2000
- 12.64% built before 1939
Silver Springs Neighborhoods
South Woodside Park / Woodside Forest: median real estate price is, $808,203 the average rental price is $2,008, and housing is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedrooms) to medium-sized (three or four bedrooms) apartments complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most homes were built between 1940 and 1970 and some pre-1940.
Rock Creek Forest / Forest Glen Park: median real estate price is $740,625, the average rental price is $2,277, and housing is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedrooms) to medium-sized (three or four bedrooms) apartments complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most homes were built between 1940 and 1970 and between 1940 and 1970.
Burtonsville / Spencerville: median real estate price is $692,014, the average rental price is $3,311, and housing is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedrooms) to medium-sized (three or four bedrooms) apartments complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most homes were built between and 1970 and 1999 some between 1940 and 1970.
Silver Spring Park / Sligo Park Hills: median real estate price is $685,623, the average rental price is $2,050, and housing is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedrooms) to medium-sized (three or four bedrooms) apartments complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most homes were built between 1940 and 1970 and some pre-1940.
North Takoma Park: median real estate price is $680,456, the average rental price is $2,869, and housing is primarily made up of medium-sized (three or four bedrooms) to large (four, five, or more bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most homes were built between 1940 and 1970 and between 1940 and 1970.
Woodmoor / Indian Spring Village: median real estate price is $671,571, the average rental price is $2,856, and housing is primarily made up of medium-sized (three or four bedrooms) to large (four, five, or more bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most homes were built between 1940 and 1970 and pre-1940.
Woodside / Montgomery Hills: median real estate price is $637,401, the average rental price is $2,264, and housing is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedrooms) to medium-sized (three or four bedrooms) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most homes were built between 1940 and 1970 and between 1970 and 1999.
Colesville Manor / Sherwood Forest: median real estate price is $636,135, the average rental price is $2,758, and housing is primarily made up of large (four, five, or more bedrooms) to medium-sized (three or four bedrooms) single-family homes and townhomes. Most homes were built between 1940 and 1970 and between 1940 and 1970.
Highland View / North Hills Sligo Park: median real estate price is $626,115, the average rental price is $1,778, and housing is primarily made up of medium-sized (three or four bedrooms) to small (studio to two bedrooms) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Most homes were built between 1940 and 1970 and some between 1970 and 1999.
Brookside Forest / Indian Spring Terrace: median real estate price is, $612,100the average rental price is $2,402, and housing is primarily made up of medium-sized (three or four bedrooms) to large (four, five, or more bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most homes were built between 1940 and 1970 and pre-1940.
Properties In Silver Spring Maryland
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