Polkville vs Sylvarena

A side-by-side comparison of Polkville and Sylvarena: population, income, housing, and more.

Polkville and Sylvarena are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Polkville has the higher population (664 vs 96 in Sylvarena). Sylvarena has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $55,357 in Polkville). Sylvarena has the higher median home value ($110,700 vs $80,300 in Polkville).

Population, income & housing

	Polkville	Sylvarena
Population	664	96
Median age	33.7 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,357	$61,250
Median home value	$80,300	$110,700
Median gross rent	$740	—
Housing units	307	42
Homeownership rate	86.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Polkville	Sylvarena
Population	813 → 664 (-18.3%)	147 → 96 (-34.7%)
Median household income	$46,563 → $55,357 (+18.9%)	$58,125 → $61,250 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $80,300 (+28.5%)	$80,000 → $110,700 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $740 (-1.3%)	—

Polkville

Population

813664

Median household income

$46,563$55,357

Median home value

$62,500$80,300

Median gross rent

$750$740

Sylvarena

Population

14796

Median household income

$58,125$61,250

Median home value

$80,000$110,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Polkville	Sylvarena
Under 5	10.7%	2.1%
5 to 17	9.5%	3.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	22.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.6%
75 and over	9.2%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Polkville	Sylvarena
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	99.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	5.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Polkville	Sylvarena
No high school diploma	20.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	44.3%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Polkville	Sylvarena
Drove alone	72.4%	71.4%
Carpooled	16.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	28.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Polkville	Sylvarena
1-unit, detached	62.9%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	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	36.5%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Polkville	Sylvarena
Poverty rate	14.7%	18.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	38	22
Median year structure built	1985	1977