Rainsville vs Sylvania

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

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

Rainsville has the higher population (5,613 vs 2,005 in Sylvania). Rainsville has the higher median household income ($64,140 vs $53,973 in Sylvania). Rainsville has the higher median home value ($207,800 vs $129,400 in Sylvania).

Population, income & housing

	Rainsville	Sylvania
Population	5,613	2,005
Median age	46.4 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,140	$53,973
Median home value	$207,800	$129,400
Median gross rent	$647	$638
Housing units	2,452	816
Homeownership rate	84.5%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rainsville	Sylvania
Population	5,041 → 5,613 (+11.3%)	2,546 → 2,005 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$33,295 → $64,140 (+92.6%)	$51,385 → $53,973 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $207,800 (+90.6%)	$97,600 → $129,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $647 (+13.7%)	$631 → $638 (+1.1%)

Rainsville

Population

5,0415,613

Median household income

$33,295$64,140

Median home value

$109,000$207,800

Median gross rent

$569$647

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)

	Rainsville	Sylvania
Under 5	7.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	22.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	7.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	18.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	18.5%	9.1%
75 and over	4.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rainsville	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	81.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rainsville	Sylvania
No high school diploma	17.0%	18.0%
High school graduate	23.3%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rainsville	Sylvania
Drove alone	93.2%	86.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rainsville	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	84.6%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Rainsville	Sylvania
Poverty rate	15.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1992	1985