It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Sylvania has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Sylvania has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sylvania than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sylvania may be for you.
One downside of living in Sylvania is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sylvania, the average commute to work is 31.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Sylvania does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Sylvania are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.55% of adults in Sylvania have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Sylvania in 2022 was $23,998, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,992 for a family of four. However, Sylvania contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sylvania is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sylvania home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sylvania residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Sylvania include English, Irish, German, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Sylvania is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
