Fyffe vs Sylvania

A side-by-side comparison of Fyffe and Sylvania: population, income, housing, and more.

Fyffe and Sylvania are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sylvania has the higher population (2,005 vs 1,250 in Fyffe). Sylvania has the higher median household income ($53,973 vs $32,407 in Fyffe). Sylvania has the higher median home value ($129,400 vs $110,600 in Fyffe).

Population, income & housing

	Fyffe	Sylvania
Population	1,250	2,005
Median age	46.0 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,407	$53,973
Median home value	$110,600	$129,400
Median gross rent	$550	$638
Housing units	603	816
Homeownership rate	72.3%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fyffe	Sylvania
Population	1,203 → 1,250 (+3.9%)	2,546 → 2,005 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$45,962 → $32,407 (-29.5%)	$51,385 → $53,973 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $110,600 (+17.3%)	$97,600 → $129,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $550 (-2.7%)	$631 → $638 (+1.1%)

Fyffe

Population

1,2031,250

Median household income

$45,962$32,407

Median home value

$94,300$110,600

Median gross rent

$565$550

Sylvania

Population

2,5462,005

Median household income

$51,385$53,973

Median home value

$97,600$129,400

Median gross rent

$631$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fyffe	Sylvania
Under 5	5.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.0%	22.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.5%	17.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	19.4%	9.1%
75 and over	13.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fyffe	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fyffe	Sylvania
No high school diploma	16.5%	18.0%
High school graduate	53.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fyffe	Sylvania
Drove alone	76.1%	86.9%
Carpooled	21.3%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	1.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fyffe	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	84.6%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Fyffe	Sylvania
Poverty rate	13.4%	10.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1971	1985