Arlington vs Sylvia

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (393 vs 180 in Sylvia). Sylvia has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $48,750 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median home value ($64,300 vs $59,300 in Sylvia).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Sylvia
Population	393	180
Median age	30.0 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$50,000
Median home value	$64,300	$59,300
Median gross rent	$786	—
Housing units	213	127
Homeownership rate	65.2%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Sylvia
Population	528 → 393 (-25.6%)	115 → 180 (+56.5%)
Median household income	$36,438 → $48,750 (+33.8%)	$34,063 → $50,000 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$48,400 → $64,300 (+32.9%)	$30,000 → $59,300 (+97.7%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $786 (+11.6%)	—

Arlington

Population

528393

Median household income

$36,438$48,750

Median home value

$48,400$64,300

Median gross rent

$704$786

Sylvia

Population

115180

Median household income

$34,063$50,000

Median home value

$30,000$59,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Sylvia
Under 5	9.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	15.0%	1.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	7.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	26.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.1%
75 and over	9.9%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Sylvia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Sylvia
No high school diploma	13.3%	10.2%
High school graduate	30.9%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Sylvia
Drove alone	83.7%	47.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	37.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	2.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Sylvia
1-unit, detached	95.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Sylvia
Poverty rate	38.7%	11.1%
Average household size	2.10	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1943	1955