Abbyville vs Sylvia

A side-by-side comparison of Abbyville and Sylvia: population, income, housing, and more.

Abbyville and Sylvia are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sylvia has the higher population (180 vs 70 in Abbyville). Abbyville has the higher median home value ($77,500 vs $59,300 in Sylvia). Since 2019, Sylvia's population has grown faster (+56.5% vs -2.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Abbyville	Sylvia
Population	70	180
Median age	62.0 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,000
Median home value	$77,500	$59,300
Housing units	64	127
Homeownership rate	81.4%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbyville	Sylvia
Population	72 → 70 (-2.8%)	115 → 180 (+56.5%)
Median household income	—	$34,063 → $50,000 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$60,600 → $77,500 (+27.9%)	$30,000 → $59,300 (+97.7%)

Abbyville

Population

7270

Median home value

$60,600$77,500

Sylvia

Population

115180

Median household income

$34,063$50,000

Median home value

$30,000$59,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbyville	Sylvia
Under 5	5.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	4.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	12.9%	1.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	2.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	5.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	24.3%	26.7%
65 to 74	24.3%	11.1%
75 and over	10.0%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbyville	Sylvia
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbyville	Sylvia
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	51.9%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbyville	Sylvia
Drove alone	97.1%	47.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	37.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbyville	Sylvia
1-unit, detached	92.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Abbyville	Sylvia
Poverty rate	40.0%	11.1%
Average household size	1.63	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1970	1955