Enos Slaughter was a right fielder in the Major League Baseball that is best remembered for his glory days as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals.
White Oak is home to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at the Federal Research Center, a growing biotech hub in the Silver Spring area of Montgomery County. Named after the Maryland state tree, White Oak was formerly home to the Naval Ordnance Laboratory.
A general overview of the cost of living index for Silver Spring, MD is displayed above. In Silver Spring, MD, the overall cost of living index is 142, which is 18% higher than the Maryland average and 42% higher than the U.S. average. The following categories are used to calculate the overall cost of living index: goods/services (33%), housing (30%), groceries (13%), utilities (10%), transportation (9%) and health care (5%).