Alabama · Census place 74400
Sylvania town, AL
Quick answer
Sylvania town has 2,005 residents, ranking #223 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $53,973, the median home is worth $129,400 and median gross rent runs $638 a month.
- Population
- 2,005Sylvania town residents
- Median household income
- $53,973Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $129,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $638Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 67.8%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Sylvania town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Sylvania town median would spend about 14.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.6% of residents and 67.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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- Stevenson city 1,947
- Dauphin Island town 1,944
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