Rock Creek vs Sylvan Springs

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

Rock Creek 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 1,313 in Rock Creek). Rock Creek has the higher median household income ($80,063 vs $78,214 in Sylvan Springs). Sylvan Springs has the higher median home value ($197,300 vs $156,900 in Rock Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Creek	Sylvan Springs
Population	1,313	1,559
Median age	53.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,063	$78,214
Median home value	$156,900	$197,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,092
Housing units	623	645
Homeownership rate	94.2%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Creek	Sylvan Springs
Population	1,508 → 1,313 (-12.9%)	1,890 → 1,559 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$61,655 → $80,063 (+29.9%)	$70,368 → $78,214 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $156,900 (+36.4%)	$161,200 → $197,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$761 → $1,092 (+43.5%)

Rock Creek

Population

1,5081,313

Median household income

$61,655$80,063

Median home value

$115,000$156,900

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)

	Rock Creek	Sylvan Springs
Under 5	2.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	2.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	6.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	17.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	21.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	18.0%	10.7%
75 and over	8.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Creek	Sylvan Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Creek	Sylvan Springs
No high school diploma	21.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	37.6%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Creek	Sylvan Springs
Drove alone	86.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Creek	Sylvan Springs
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Rock Creek	Sylvan Springs
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1978	1978