Silver Spring: Montgomery County, MD. 2005 Census Update Survey
Silver Spring: Montgomery County, MD. 2005 Census Update Survey
SINGLE-
FAMILY TOWN- GARDEN HIGH- ALL
DETACHED HOUSE APT. RISE TYPES
Households by Structure Type 14,385 1,610 10,170 9,915 36,080
% Total Households by Structure Type 39.9% 4.5% 28.2% 27.5% 100.0%
Average Household Size 2.82 2.59 2.31 1.74 2.37
Tenure:
% Rental 5.2% 18.1% 88.2% 92.5% 53.1%
Average Monthly Costs:
Homeowner $1,539 $1,259 $1,138 $1,058 $1,463
Renter * * $901 $1,081 $1,003
Residence in April 2000:
% in Same Home 74.8% 73.7% 39.7% 32.8% 53.6%
% Elsewhere in County 10.2% 11.5% 19.9% 23.4% 16.5%
% Elsewhere in Maryland 2.2% 4.8% 9.5% 7.2% 5.6%
% D.C or Northern Virginia 6.1% 2.9% 7.2% 9.4% 7.2%
% Outside Metro Area 6.8% 7.1% 23.7% 27.2% 17.0%
Median Years in Same Home 12 10 3 3 6
Average Age of Household Head 52.5 51.6 43.5 46.0 48.1
H % Households with Foreign Born Head
O or Spouse 24.6% 39.0% 49.0% 33.3% 34.5%
U % Households Speaking Spanish 12.9% 20.8% 23.5% 8.6% 14.9%
S Households by Type:
I % Family Households 83.3% 73.8% 56.2% 37.6% 62.7%
N % Married-Couple 72.4% 50.2% 35.3% 26.5% 48.4%
G % Single-Parent 9.4% 19.2% 14.3% 10.3% 11.4%
% Nonfamily Households 16.7% 26.2% 43.8% 62.4% 37.3%
% Householder Living Alone 13.9% 23.5% 36.3% 55.3% 32.0%
Persons in Households:
% 1 Person 13.9% 23.5% 36.3% 55.3% 32.0%
% 2 Persons 34.0% 34.0% 26.9% 25.4% 29.6%
% 3 Persons 20.6% 18.6% 20.3% 11.6% 18.0%
% 4 Persons 22.8% 13.7% 8.4% 6.1% 13.7%
% 5+ Persons 8.7% 10.2% 8.1% 1.6% 6.7%
Average Number of Cars 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.0 1.5
% of Households with Computers 91.1% 92.4% 85.0% 79.0% 86.2%
% of these visiting M-NCPPC website 38.3% 30.7% 20.7% 23.7% 29.6%