Newington vs Sylvania

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

Newington 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 393 in Newington). Newington has the higher median household income ($72,829 vs $45,536 in Sylvania). Sylvania has the higher median home value ($113,800 vs $112,900 in Newington).

Population, income & housing

	Newington	Sylvania
Population	393	2,621
Median age	41.2 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,829	$45,536
Median home value	$112,900	$113,800
Median gross rent	$830	$587
Housing units	224	1,189
Homeownership rate	75.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newington	Sylvania
Population	229 → 393 (+71.6%)	2,949 → 2,621 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$31,406 → $72,829 (+131.9%)	$31,910 → $45,536 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $112,900 (+57.0%)	$86,900 → $113,800 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $830 (+9.1%)	$650 → $587 (-9.7%)

Newington

Population

229393

Median household income

$31,406$72,829

Median home value

$71,900$112,900

Median gross rent

$761$830

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)

	Newington	Sylvania
Under 5	11.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	4.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	1.3%	2.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	8.8%
35 to 44	28.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	5.9%	17.7%
65 to 74	17.0%	13.5%
75 and over	5.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newington	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	37.7%
Black or African American	16.3%	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	2.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newington	Sylvania
No high school diploma	39.9%	17.0%
High school graduate	31.4%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	11.0%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newington	Sylvania
Drove alone	57.8%	82.3%
Carpooled	33.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.3%
Other means	3.2%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newington	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	65.6%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	32.1%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Newington	Sylvania
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1975	1967