Henagar vs Sylvania

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

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

Henagar has the higher population (2,554 vs 2,005 in Sylvania). Sylvania has the higher median household income ($53,973 vs $44,922 in Henagar). Sylvania has the higher median home value ($129,400 vs $118,100 in Henagar).

Population, income & housing

	Henagar	Sylvania
Population	2,554	2,005
Median age	32.7 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,922	$53,973
Median home value	$118,100	$129,400
Median gross rent	$714	$638
Housing units	904	816
Homeownership rate	71.7%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henagar	Sylvania
Population	2,184 → 2,554 (+16.9%)	2,546 → 2,005 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$39,506 → $44,922 (+13.7%)	$51,385 → $53,973 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $118,100 (+30.1%)	$97,600 → $129,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $714 (+27.7%)	$631 → $638 (+1.1%)

Henagar

Population

2,1842,554

Median household income

$39,506$44,922

Median home value

$90,800$118,100

Median gross rent

$559$714

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)

	Henagar	Sylvania
Under 5	6.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.2%	22.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	19.1%	17.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.1%
75 and over	6.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henagar	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henagar	Sylvania
No high school diploma	16.3%	18.0%
High school graduate	46.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henagar	Sylvania
Drove alone	61.5%	86.9%
Carpooled	27.3%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henagar	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	76.0%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Henagar	Sylvania
Poverty rate	19.4%	10.6%
Average household size	3.17	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1977	1985