Downtown Silver Spring

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Welcome to Downtown Silver Spring

Downtown Silver Spring, like many urban centers in the DC area has experienced nearly two-decade renaissance that brought new housing, restaurants, retail and entertainment offerings. It now hosts festivals, concerts, and farmers markets. It also offers convenient transportation and relatively affordable housing.

Restaurants, Retail, and Entertainment

After years of disinvestment and disinterest, around the year 2000 over $1 billion in public and private funds jumpstarted Silver Spring, and arts and entertainment began to attract additional investment and residents. The American Film Institute, which now holds annual film festivals moved into and old movie theater and Discovery Communications made Silver Spring its headquarters (though it has since announced its plans to move out of the area). Today, the neighborhood boasts multiple grocery stores, including a Whole Foods, and an open-air mall anchored by a 20-screen megaplex cinema with fine dining and retail shops peppered throughout. The Fillmore Silver Spring offers live music with national acts.

Silver Spring is an eclectic mix of architecture and culture. Montgomery Community College has a campus near downtown, with a new health sciences facility, a performing arts center with a 500-seat theater and a dance studio close to completion. Silver Spring is friendly to all ages and familial statuses: entertainment options include the CREATE Arts Center; the Silver Spring Gymboree, offering music, art and sports classes; and School of Rock, at which professional musicians teach students.

Things To Do

AFI Docs Film Festival. Billed as the nation's premier documentary film festival, it offers insightful screenings, industry panels and creative workshops. It brings in speakers like former mayors and Lebron James event spoke a few years back. But you don't have to wait around for the festival, the American Film Institute regularly offers programs and lectures.
Hike Sligo Creek Park and Rock Creek Park. Located to the east and west of Downtown Silver Spring, they west offer huge woodsy expanses for biking, hiking, playgrounds and tennis courts, and their parkways provide good weekday thoroughfares for commutes north and south.
People Watch in Fountain Plaza. Watch residents and visitors stroll from shop to shop, reading by the fountain, playing in the water features in this vibrant enclave protected from the busy traffic.
Catch A Show At the MC Cultural Arts Center.
Fenton Street Market. Peruse antiques, jewelry, crafts and furniture and the farmers’ market veggies, cheeses, meats and breads.

Transportation

Silver Spring shares its southern border with the Takoma and Shepherd Park neighborhoods in DC, and residents can get downtown quickly. Silver Spring has a Red Line Metro Station and is home to a new Purple Line Station. Street parking is abundant, and there are and abundance of parking lots and garages downtown. Traffic becomes heavy at rush hour (no surprise here), especially on Colesville Road. The Metro’s Red Line stop in the center of downtown is currently under an eight-acre redevelopment project that will create a multi-level, pedestrian friendly complex for Metro, MARC, bus and taxi traffic as well as retail space. The Silver Spring MetroBus and RideOn routes are too numerous to list (so we won't!).

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Overview for Downtown Silver Spring, MD

15,983 people live in Downtown Silver Spring, where the median age is 34 and the average individual income is $63,163. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

15,983

Total Population

34 years

Median Age

High

Population Density Population Density This is the number of people per square mile in a neighborhood.

$63,163

Average individual Income

Around Downtown Silver Spring, MD

There's plenty to do around Downtown Silver Spring, including shopping, dining, nightlife, parks, and more. Data provided by Walk Score and Yelp.

99

Walker's Paradise

Walking Score

88

Very Bikeable

Bike Score

89

Excellent Transit

Transit Score

Points of Interest

Explore popular things to do in the area, including Tempo Bookstore, Flying Kick Fitness Center, and Brookside Nature Ctr.

Name	Category	Distance	Reviews	Ratings by Yelp
Visit the Tempo Bookstore page on Yelp Search 4115 Wisconsin Ave NW on Google Maps	Shopping	4.34 miles	5 reviews	5/5 stars
Visit the Flying Kick Fitness Center page on Yelp Search 4711 Chase Ave on Google Maps	Active	3.56 miles	6 reviews	5/5 stars
Visit the Brookside Nature Ctr page on Yelp Search 1400 Glenallan Ave on Google Maps	Active	4.52 miles	7 reviews	5/5 stars
Visit the Tamisha The Stylist page on Yelp Search 8724 Georgia Ave on Google Maps	Beauty	0.32 miles	6 reviews	5/5 stars
Visit the Winked by Kenya O page on Yelp Search 1226 Kennedy St NW on Google Maps	Beauty	2.59 miles	8 reviews	5/5 stars
Visit the Sculpt'd Body Studio page on Yelp Search 8701 Georgia Ave on Google Maps	Beauty	0.3 miles	7 reviews	5/5 stars

Demographics and Employment Data for Downtown Silver Spring, MD

Population Households Employment

Downtown Silver Spring has 10,093 households, with an average household size of 2. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Downtown Silver Spring do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 15,983 people call Downtown Silver Spring home. The population density is 42,035.543 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

15,983

Total Population

High

Population Density Population Density This is the number of people per square mile in a neighborhood.

34

Median Age

44.43 / 55.57%

Men vs Women

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10,093

Total Households

2

Average Household Size

$63,163

Average individual Income

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Schools in Downtown Silver Spring, MD

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The following schools are within or nearby Downtown Silver Spring. The rating and statistics can serve as a starting point to make baseline comparisons on the right schools for your family. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Neighborhoods

Chevy Chase

Silver Spring is an eclectic mix of architecture and culture. The Fillmore Silver Spring offers live music with natio...

Old Town Alexandria

The Saturday farmers' market has been operating for hundreds of years, and draws residents and visitors alike.

National Harbor

The area is very walkable, always buzzing, with local diners and shoppers as well as national conference goers.

Lyon Village

Lyon Village - not to be confused with Lyon Park, it's southern neighbor - is located in Arlington just north of Clar...

Huntington

Huntington sits at the end of Metro's Yellow line, situated immediately south of Old Town Alexandria and I-495.

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Downtown Silver Spring

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Welcome to Downtown Silver Spring

Restaurants, Retail, and Entertainment

Things To Do

Transportation

Schools & Safety

Overview for Downtown Silver Spring, MD

15,983

34 years

High

$63,163

Around Downtown Silver Spring, MD

99

Walker's Paradise

88

Very Bikeable

89

Excellent Transit

Points of Interest

Demographics and Employment Data for Downtown Silver Spring, MD

15,983

High

34

44.43 / 55.57%

10,093

2

$63,163

Schools in Downtown Silver Spring, MD

Neighborhoods

Chevy Chase