Minor vs Sylvan Springs

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

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

Sylvan Springs has the higher population (1,559 vs 911 in Minor). Sylvan Springs has the higher median household income ($78,214 vs $32,065 in Minor). Sylvan Springs has the higher median home value ($197,300 vs $79,900 in Minor).

Population, income & housing

	Minor	Sylvan Springs
Population	911	1,559
Median age	32.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,065	$78,214
Median home value	$79,900	$197,300
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,092
Housing units	468	645
Homeownership rate	66.6%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minor	Sylvan Springs
Population	843 → 911 (+8.1%)	1,890 → 1,559 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$56,681 → $32,065 (-43.4%)	$70,368 → $78,214 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $79,900 (-0.9%)	$161,200 → $197,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,089 → $1,157 (+6.2%)	$761 → $1,092 (+43.5%)

Minor

Population

843911

Median household income

$56,681$32,065

Median home value

$80,600$79,900

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,157

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)

	Minor	Sylvan Springs
Under 5	14.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.7%
75 and over	5.9%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minor	Sylvan Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	53.5%	85.8%
Black or African American	26.7%	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	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minor	Sylvan Springs
No high school diploma	16.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	53.7%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minor	Sylvan Springs
Drove alone	67.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	29.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minor	Sylvan Springs
1-unit, detached	92.7%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Minor	Sylvan Springs
Poverty rate	11.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1963	1978