Sylvia vs The Highlands

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

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

The Highlands has the higher population (474 vs 180 in Sylvia). The Highlands has the higher median household income ($83,229 vs $50,000 in Sylvia). The Highlands has the higher median home value ($263,500 vs $59,300 in Sylvia).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvia	The Highlands
Population	180	474
Median age	59.4 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$83,229
Median home value	$59,300	$263,500
Housing units	127	253
Homeownership rate	96.7%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvia	The Highlands
Population	115 → 180 (+56.5%)	380 → 474 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$34,063 → $50,000 (+46.8%)	$59,830 → $83,229 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$30,000 → $59,300 (+97.7%)	$213,800 → $263,500 (+23.2%)

Sylvia

Population

115180

Median household income

$34,063$50,000

Median home value

$30,000$59,300

The Highlands

Population

380474

Median household income

$59,830$83,229

Median home value

$213,800$263,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylvia	The Highlands
Under 5	2.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	4.6%
18 to 24	1.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	3.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	21.1%
55 to 64	26.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	25.3%
75 and over	13.9%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvia	The Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylvia	The Highlands
No high school diploma	10.2%	1.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	50.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvia	The Highlands
Drove alone	47.7%	91.2%
Carpooled	37.5%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvia	The Highlands
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sylvia	The Highlands
Poverty rate	11.1%	2.3%
Average household size	1.96	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1955	1997