Concord vs Sylvan Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Concord and Sylvan Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Concord has the higher population (1,878 vs 1,559 in Sylvan Springs). Sylvan Springs has the higher median household income ($78,214 vs $62,431 in Concord). Sylvan Springs has the higher median home value ($197,300 vs $169,300 in Concord).

Population, income & housing

	Concord	Sylvan Springs
Population	1,878	1,559
Median age	42.7 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,431	$78,214
Median home value	$169,300	$197,300
Median gross rent	$781	$1,092
Housing units	864	645
Homeownership rate	87.4%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Concord	Sylvan Springs
Population	1,616 → 1,878 (+16.2%)	1,890 → 1,559 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$77,543 → $62,431 (-19.5%)	$70,368 → $78,214 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$123,400 → $169,300 (+37.2%)	$161,200 → $197,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $781 (-25.9%)	$761 → $1,092 (+43.5%)

Concord

Population

1,6161,878

Median household income

$77,543$62,431

Median home value

$123,400$169,300

Median gross rent

$1,054$781

Sylvan Springs

Population

1,8901,559

Median household income

$70,368$78,214

Median home value

$161,200$197,300

Median gross rent

$761$1,092

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Concord	Sylvan Springs
Under 5	8.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.7%
75 and over	5.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Concord	Sylvan Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Concord	Sylvan Springs
No high school diploma	11.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	49.3%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Concord	Sylvan Springs
Drove alone	88.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	8.3%
Other means	4.4%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Concord	Sylvan Springs
1-unit, detached	90.5%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Concord	Sylvan Springs
Poverty rate	13.0%	5.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1967	1978