Lipscomb vs Sylvan Springs

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

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

Lipscomb has the higher population (2,407 vs 1,559 in Sylvan Springs). Sylvan Springs has the higher median household income ($78,214 vs $45,792 in Lipscomb). Sylvan Springs has the higher median home value ($197,300 vs $93,900 in Lipscomb).

Population, income & housing

	Lipscomb	Sylvan Springs
Population	2,407	1,559
Median age	33.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,792	$78,214
Median home value	$93,900	$197,300
Median gross rent	$841	$1,092
Housing units	1,006	645
Homeownership rate	68.6%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lipscomb	Sylvan Springs
Population	1,873 → 2,407 (+28.5%)	1,890 → 1,559 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$31,629 → $45,792 (+44.8%)	$70,368 → $78,214 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $93,900 (+45.4%)	$161,200 → $197,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $841 (+38.8%)	$761 → $1,092 (+43.5%)

Lipscomb

Population

1,8732,407

Median household income

$31,629$45,792

Median home value

$64,600$93,900

Median gross rent

$606$841

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)

	Lipscomb	Sylvan Springs
Under 5	4.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	26.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.7%
75 and over	2.9%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lipscomb	Sylvan Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	10.9%	85.8%
Black or African American	68.1%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lipscomb	Sylvan Springs
No high school diploma	25.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	31.0%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lipscomb	Sylvan Springs
Drove alone	68.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	21.9%	7.8%
Public transit	2.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	8.3%
Other means	0.9%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lipscomb	Sylvan Springs
1-unit, detached	72.0%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Lipscomb	Sylvan Springs
Poverty rate	36.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.97	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1959	1978