Oliver vs Sylvania

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

Oliver 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 244 in Oliver). Oliver has the higher median household income ($58,393 vs $45,536 in Sylvania). Oliver has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $113,800 in Sylvania).

Population, income & housing

	Oliver	Sylvania
Population	244	2,621
Median age	53.8 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,393	$45,536
Median home value	$139,600	$113,800
Median gross rent	$733	$587
Housing units	97	1,189
Homeownership rate	73.1%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oliver	Sylvania
Population	385 → 244 (-36.6%)	2,949 → 2,621 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$47,375 → $58,393 (+23.3%)	$31,910 → $45,536 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $139,600 (+91.2%)	$86,900 → $113,800 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $733 (+2.8%)	$650 → $587 (-9.7%)

Oliver

Population

385244

Median household income

$47,375$58,393

Median home value

$73,000$139,600

Median gross rent

$713$733

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)

	Oliver	Sylvania
Under 5	1.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	32.0%	17.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.5%
75 and over	4.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oliver	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	49.6%	37.7%
Black or African American	49.6%	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	0.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oliver	Sylvania
No high school diploma	13.4%	17.0%
High school graduate	58.2%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oliver	Sylvania
Drove alone	93.8%	82.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	4.3%
Other means	2.1%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oliver	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	61.9%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	38.1%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Oliver	Sylvania
Poverty rate	25.0%	14.8%
Average household size	3.64	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1973	1967