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Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD
gross metro product
$105B
population
1.3M
median household income
$103,859
median home price
$486,000
cost of living
26% above nat'l avg
college attainment
54.9%
net migration
780 (year: 2018)
unemployment
3.2%
major industries
Media, Biotechnology, Healthcare
job growth
0.8% (year: 2018)
Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, Maryland is a newly defined Metropolitan Division that is part of the greater Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area and includes Frederick County and Montgomery County. Living costs in Silver Spring are high, but residents can afford it thanks to the fourth-highest household incomes in the U.S. College attainment also ranks in the top ten places. The corporate headquarters for mass media company, Discovery Communications, is located in Silver Spring.
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