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Sylvania, GA

2,618 Population
5 square miles 518.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Screven County: 42.8 ±1.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,536 ±$3,978 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Screven County: $30,102 † ±$3,398
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,033 ±$16,143 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Screven County: $52,792 † ±$7,515
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.9% ±9.5% (533  ±242) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Screven County: 17.2% † 2,383 (±4.5% / ±628)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±4.5 (23,190  ±6,032) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Screven County: 30.7 † 166,800 (±3.7 / ±23,247)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

955 ±136 Number of households
  • Screven County: 4,932 ±215
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (2,525  ±51) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Screven County: 2.8 13,848 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.4% ±7.6% (36  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Screven County: 3.7% † 110 (±2.6% / ±78)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,172 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Screven County: 6,567 ±31
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$155,300 ±$31,512 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Screven County: $124,300 † ±$26,470
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.8% ±9.3% (445  ±232.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Screven County: 10.9% † 1,523 (±2.9% / ±402.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.2% ±12.4% (1,518  ±278.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Screven County: 86.1% 9,010 (±6.2% / ±656.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±5.8% (363  ±114) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Screven County: 14.7% † 1,541 (±2.2% / ±227.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±0.8% (13  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Screven County: 1.3% 180
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13% ±6.1% (252  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Screven County: 8.2% † 912 (±2.1% / ±233)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
252 Total veterans ±120 222 Male ±114 30 Female ±28

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