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Sylvania, GA

2,621 Population
5 square miles 519.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±7.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Screven County: 42.7 ±2.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$26,043 ±$5,139 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Screven County: $29,121 † ±$3,470
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$45,536 ±$12,531 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Screven County: $53,017 † ±$7,304
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

14.8% ±6.9% (378  ±176) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Screven County: 18.1% † 2,472 (±3.9% / ±537)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

33.2 minutes ±8 (29,885  ±9,310) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Screven County: 34 177,460 (±2.4 / ±17,377)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

973 ±148 Number of households
  • Screven County: 4,763 ±227
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.6 ±0.4 (2,518  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Screven County: 2.9 13,737 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

3.9% ±4% (19  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Screven County: 7.2% † 213 (±3.4% / ±99)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

1,189 ±176 Number of housing units
  • Screven County: 6,545 ±18
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$113,800 ±$69,691 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Screven County: $122,300 † ±$12,831
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

14.5% ±8.4% (374  ±215.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Screven County: 9.9% † 1,376 (±3% / ±416.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

83% ±12.9% (1,620  ±296.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Screven County: 84.6% 8,833 (±6% / ±631.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
16.6% ±5.7% (323  ±116.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Screven County: 14.7% † 1,539 (±2.4% / ±245.5)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.5% ±0.7% (12  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Screven County: 0.6% 86
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

12.3% ±5.9% (246  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Screven County: 8.6% † 950 (±2% / ±226)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
246 Total veterans ±120 238 Male ±117 8 Female ±15

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