Rocky Ford vs Sylvania

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

Rocky Ford 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 309 in Rocky Ford). Sylvania has the higher median household income ($45,536 vs $39,107 in Rocky Ford). Since 2019, Rocky Ford's population has grown faster (+63.5% vs -11.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky Ford	Sylvania
Population	309	2,621
Median age	39.5 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,107	$45,536
Median home value	—	$113,800
Median gross rent	—	$587
Housing units	153	1,189
Homeownership rate	80.6%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky Ford	Sylvania
Population	189 → 309 (+63.5%)	2,949 → 2,621 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $39,107 (-15.4%)	$31,910 → $45,536 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $70,700 (+34.7%)	$86,900 → $113,800 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $813 (+50.6%)	$650 → $587 (-9.7%)

Rocky Ford

Population

189309

Median household income

$46,250$39,107

Median home value

$52,500$70,700

Median gross rent

$540$813

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)

	Rocky Ford	Sylvania
Under 5	12.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	2.6%
25 to 34	6.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.5%
75 and over	11.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky Ford	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	37.7%
Black or African American	13.9%	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	4.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky Ford	Sylvania
No high school diploma	23.2%	17.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky Ford	Sylvania
Drove alone	77.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	22.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky Ford	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	77.8%	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	22.2%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Rocky Ford	Sylvania
Poverty rate	25.9%	14.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1956	1967