Sylvia vs Willowbrook

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

Sylvia and Willowbrook 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 76 in Willowbrook). Willowbrook has the higher median household income ($168,333 vs $50,000 in Sylvia). Willowbrook has the higher median home value ($393,800 vs $59,300 in Sylvia).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvia	Willowbrook
Population	180	76
Median age	59.4 yrs	70.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$168,333
Median home value	$59,300	$393,800
Housing units	127	28
Homeownership rate	96.7%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvia	Willowbrook
Population	115 → 180 (+56.5%)	81 → 76 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$34,063 → $50,000 (+46.8%)	$147,500 → $168,333 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$30,000 → $59,300 (+97.7%)	$408,300 → $393,800 (-3.6%)

Sylvia

Population

115180

Median household income

$34,063$50,000

Median home value

$30,000$59,300

Willowbrook

Population

8176

Median household income

$147,500$168,333

Median home value

$408,300$393,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylvia	Willowbrook
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	3.9%
18 to 24	1.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	2.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	2.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	26.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	43.4%
75 and over	13.9%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvia	Willowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	94.7%
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%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylvia	Willowbrook
No high school diploma	10.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	29.9%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	50.3%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvia	Willowbrook
Drove alone	47.7%	92.3%
Carpooled	37.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvia	Willowbrook
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sylvia	Willowbrook
Poverty rate	11.1%	0.0%
Average household size	1.96	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	15	12
Median year structure built	1955	1960