Poulan vs Sylvester

A side-by-side comparison of Poulan and Sylvester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sylvester has the higher population (5,557 vs 707 in Poulan). Poulan has the higher median household income ($65,357 vs $59,808 in Sylvester). Sylvester has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $80,000 in Poulan).

Population, income & housing

	Poulan	Sylvester
Population	707	5,557
Median age	37.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,357	$59,808
Median home value	$80,000	$125,000
Median gross rent	$940	$901
Housing units	326	2,518
Homeownership rate	71.7%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poulan	Sylvester
Population	765 → 707 (-7.6%)	5,865 → 5,557 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$47,228 → $65,357 (+38.4%)	$30,570 → $59,808 (+95.6%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $80,000 (+16.6%)	$106,400 → $125,000 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $940 (+17.1%)	$687 → $901 (+31.1%)

Poulan

Population

765707

Median household income

$47,228$65,357

Median home value

$68,600$80,000

Median gross rent

$803$940

Sylvester

Population

5,8655,557

Median household income

$30,570$59,808

Median home value

$106,400$125,000

Median gross rent

$687$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poulan	Sylvester
Under 5	2.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	19.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	7.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.7%	9.7%
75 and over	8.9%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poulan	Sylvester
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	35.8%
Black or African American	14.6%	58.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poulan	Sylvester
No high school diploma	13.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	40.7%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poulan	Sylvester
Drove alone	68.6%	76.1%
Carpooled	19.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.6%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.0%
Other means	5.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poulan	Sylvester
1-unit, detached	65.3%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Poulan	Sylvester
Poverty rate	17.3%	24.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1975	1978