Hiltonia vs Sylvania

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

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

Sylvania has the higher population (2,621 vs 475 in Hiltonia). Sylvania has the higher median household income ($45,536 vs $39,250 in Hiltonia). Since 2019, Hiltonia's population has grown faster (+47.1% vs -11.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Hiltonia	Sylvania
Population	475	2,621
Median age	44.8 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,250	$45,536
Median home value	—	$113,800
Median gross rent	$541	$587
Housing units	161	1,189
Homeownership rate	70.4%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	21.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hiltonia	Sylvania
Population	323 → 475 (+47.1%)	2,949 → 2,621 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $39,250 (+4.7%)	$31,910 → $45,536 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$56,400 → $55,800 (-1.1%)	$86,900 → $113,800 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $541 (-41.3%)	$650 → $587 (-9.7%)

Hiltonia

Population

323475

Median household income

$37,500$39,250

Median home value

$56,400$55,800

Median gross rent

$922$541

Sylvania

Population

2,9492,621

Median household income

$31,910$45,536

Median home value

$86,900$113,800

Median gross rent

$650$587

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hiltonia	Sylvania
Under 5	5.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	5.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	29.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	28.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	7.2%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.5%
75 and over	3.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hiltonia	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	37.7%
Black or African American	80.2%	55.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hiltonia	Sylvania
No high school diploma	32.4%	17.0%
High school graduate	52.1%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	8.3%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hiltonia	Sylvania
Drove alone	83.7%	82.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hiltonia	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	46.0%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	51.6%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Hiltonia	Sylvania
Poverty rate	28.2%	14.8%
Average household size	4.85	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1984	1967