Sumner vs Sylvester

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

Sumner 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 465 in Sumner). Sylvester has the higher median household income ($59,808 vs $53,214 in Sumner). Sylvester has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $83,000 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Sumner	Sylvester
Population	465	5,557
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,214	$59,808
Median home value	$83,000	$125,000
Median gross rent	$1,019	$901
Housing units	174	2,518
Homeownership rate	63.7%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.7%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sumner	Sylvester
Population	420 → 465 (+10.7%)	5,865 → 5,557 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$46,607 → $53,214 (+14.2%)	$30,570 → $59,808 (+95.6%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $83,000 (+27.7%)	$106,400 → $125,000 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,019 (+22.6%)	$687 → $901 (+31.1%)

Sumner

Population

420465

Median household income

$46,607$53,214

Median home value

$65,000$83,000

Median gross rent

$831$1,019

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)

	Sumner	Sylvester
Under 5	9.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.7%
75 and over	6.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sumner	Sylvester
White (non-Hispanic)	57.2%	35.8%
Black or African American	24.7%	58.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sumner	Sylvester
No high school diploma	26.3%	14.5%
High school graduate	43.4%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sumner	Sylvester
Drove alone	85.1%	76.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.6%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sumner	Sylvester
1-unit, detached	52.9%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	45.4%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Sumner	Sylvester
Poverty rate	20.6%	24.9%
Average household size	2.91	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1990	1978