A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Silver Hill$1,960/mo

Typical home $323K (Census) · tax rate 0.99% · or rent about $1,523/mo · Housing →

Denton$2,280/mo

Typical home $363K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.23% · or rent about $1,043/mo · Housing →

The difference: $310 a month, about $3,800 a year, between Denton and Silver Hill.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Denton places higher on 10 of 19 MD lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Maryland ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–Silver HillNot graded DDentonSafer than 13% of U.S. towns

Schools

DSilver HillBetter than 8% of districts in the state C−DentonBetter than 24% of districts in the state

Health

CSilver HillHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns DDentonHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns

8Silver Hill

10Denton

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 262 towns #47#251 Most conserved landOutdoors · 260 towns #42#240 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 262 towns #95#213 Fewest smokersHealth · 262 towns #195#255 Cheapest rentCost of living · 252 towns #69#15 Shortest commuteGetting around · 262 towns #153#106 Best schoolsSchools · 235 towns #200#158 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #161#207

Left end = #1 in Maryland. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Silver Hill’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Silver HillDenton

Snow a year6″13″

January low26°F 25°F

July high88°F 87°F

Growing season (days)202d 200d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)1st 34th

Outdoors & history

Silver HillDenton

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land18.3%2%

Settled—1796

National Register places—3

Archive photos3 —

Community

Silver HillDenton

Library hours a week—44 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

60 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Silver HillMD DentonMD

Silver Hill ↔ Denton60 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Maryland average

Silver HillDenton

People

Population 5,193Highest 4,936Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.2%Lowest MD: +7% +9.7%Highest MD: +7%

Median age 43.7±4.8Highest 11% above MD 39.2±5Lowest about the MD average

Silver Hill and Denton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 15.1%±4.7Lowest MD: 22.2% 24.5%±4.5Highest MD: 22.2%

Age 65+ 13.7%±2.6Lowest MD: 16.7% 16%±4.1Highest MD: 16.7%

Denton and Silver Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.3%Highest MD: 43.4% 11.5%Lowest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±1.8Lowest MD: 6.9% 5.3%±2.1Highest MD: 6.9%

Denton and Silver Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,625±$17kLowest 42% below MD $66,510±$6kHighest 36% below MD

Denton and Silver Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $323,200±$30kHighest 23% below MD $234,600±$54kLowest 44% below MD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,523±$124Highest 11% below MD $1,043±$109Lowest 39% below MD

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,213Highest 22% below MD $2,891Lowest 29% below MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.2%±13.2Lowest MD: 51.5% 52.4%±16.6Highest MD: 51.5%

Denton and Silver Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 15.8%Highest MD: 9.4% 12.8%Lowest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 20.5%Lowest MD: 67.6% 48.1%Highest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Highest 8 yrs older than MD 1967Lowest 12 yrs older than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 6% above MD 30 minLowest 4% below MD

Work from home 5%±3.4Lowest MD: 19.3% 7.7%±4.7Highest MD: 19.3%

Denton and Silver Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 12.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 32.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.22Lowest 1.17Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Washington (39%)Easton (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DentonFew work in Silver Hill

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 18.3%Highest 2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 2.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 56.3Highest 39.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #200 of 235 in MD #158 of 235 in MD

School district Prince George's County Public SchoolsCaroline County Public Schools

High school in town None in townNone in town

Maryland average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Silver Hill vs Denton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $310 more a month in Denton

Denton places higher on 10 of 19 MD lists

What daily life feels like in each

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