City safety & data profile

Silver SpringsFL

Silver Springs, FL is a 10K-resident city in Marion County with a median household income of $32,074.

Marion County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Silver Springs, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Silver Springs has a population larger than 2% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $30,800.

Data updated 2026-09-04

10K
Population (place)
Bottom 3%
By size
$32,074
Median income (place)
$30,800
Median home (place)
29.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Silver Springs

Silver Springs posts a median household income higher than 0% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 1%
by median income, US cities

Where Silver Springs income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$32,074 Bottom 1% higher than 0% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Silver Springs $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Silver Springs, FL beyond the headline numbers

Silver Springs sits inside Marion County, Florida, at roughly 29.22°N, -82.06°W. Population 10,334, $32,074 median household income. Median home value $30,800, median rent $1,176. Poverty rate 29.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

29.8% of Silver Springs, FL residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Silver Springs runs about 1.0 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 12.3% of Silver Springs workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.8% in Silver Springs, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Silver Springs workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Silver Springs's median age is 32 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Silver Springs from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,334
Silver Springs · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$32,074
-64% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$30,800
-93% vs avg
Median Age (place)
32
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Marion County): Silver Springs's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
400K+20%
Median Income
$61,010+55%
Median Home Value
$243,100+104%
Poverty Rate
14.4%-20%
Unemployment
4.8%-65%

Economics

Economics indicators for Silver Springs, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,176/mo
Poverty Rate
29.8% +140% vs avg
Unemployment 0%
Bachelor's Degree+ 16.1%
Work From Home 12.3%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 51.6%
African American 31.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.3%
High Blood Pressure
37.4%
Obesity
37.3%
Physical Inactivity
24.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.5%
Current Smoking
15.4%
Binge Drinking
14.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.2%
Diabetes
13.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.9%
Annual Checkup 79.5%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.8%
Stroke
4.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Silver Springs?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Silver Springs right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-SILVER-SPRINGS · Silver Springs

Silver Springs: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Silver Springs; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Silver Springs, FL?
Silver Springs, FL has a population of 10,334 people, located in Marion County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Silver Springs?
The median household income in Silver Springs, FL is $32,074 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 29.8%.
What is the median home value in Silver Springs?
The median home value in Silver Springs, FL is $30,800. Median rent is $1,176/month.
What are the top health concerns in Silver Springs?
The top health indicators in Silver Springs include Short Sleep Duration (40.3%), High Blood Pressure (37.4%), Obesity (37.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Silver Springs?
The median age in Silver Springs, FL is 32 years. 16.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Silver Springs, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (29.8% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($32,074 here).

Compare Silver Springs with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Silver Springs's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Silver Springs area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Marion County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.