Plevna vs Sylvia

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

Plevna 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 116 in Plevna). Sylvia has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $34,375 in Plevna). Sylvia has the higher median home value ($59,300 vs $34,200 in Plevna).

Population, income & housing

	Plevna	Sylvia
Population	116	180
Median age	55.5 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,375	$50,000
Median home value	$34,200	$59,300
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	56	127
Homeownership rate	73.9%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plevna	Sylvia
Population	113 → 116 (+2.7%)	115 → 180 (+56.5%)
Median household income	$27,917 → $34,375 (+23.1%)	$34,063 → $50,000 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$32,500 → $34,200 (+5.2%)	$30,000 → $59,300 (+97.7%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $638 (+12.3%)	—

Plevna

Population

113116

Median household income

$27,917$34,375

Median home value

$32,500$34,200

Median gross rent

$568$638

Sylvia

Population

115180

Median household income

$34,063$50,000

Median home value

$30,000$59,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plevna	Sylvia
Under 5	6.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	1.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	7.2%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	19.8%	26.7%
65 to 74	19.8%	11.1%
75 and over	10.3%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plevna	Sylvia
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plevna	Sylvia
No high school diploma	1.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	40.9%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plevna	Sylvia
Drove alone	73.3%	47.7%
Carpooled	22.2%	37.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	2.2%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plevna	Sylvia
1-unit, detached	96.4%	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	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plevna	Sylvia
Poverty rate	11.2%	11.1%
Average household size	2.52	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1938	1955