Silver Spring vs Chillum

Silver Spring and Chillum on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.

65C+

D47

Silver Spring ahead by 18Editorial weights

Category by category

D−HousingF

Silver Spring +15 pts

B+SchoolsD−

Silver Spring +39 pts

A−Cost of livingB+

Silver Spring +1 pts

DCommuteF

Silver Spring +22 pts

A+AmenitiesA

Silver Spring +2 pts

CEmploymentF

Silver Spring +21 pts

—Residents—

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Weigh it yourself

The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.

Housing & affordability18%Schools18%Cost of living14%Commute & transport14%Amenities12%Employment & income12%Residents12%

Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.

The numbers side by side

$643kMedian home value$394k

$1,913Median rent$1,735

34.0 minMean commute36.5 min

$100kMedian household income$80k

0.78%Effective property tax0.99%

78th pctWithin-state proficiency18th pct

176Restaurants & cafés113

81,462Population34,871

0Resident responses0

Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.