Cashiers vs Sylva

A side-by-side comparison of Cashiers and Sylva: population, income, housing, and more.

Cashiers and Sylva are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sylva has the higher population (2,600 vs 825 in Cashiers). Cashiers has the higher median household income ($73,455 vs $41,926 in Sylva). Cashiers has the higher median home value ($360,000 vs $195,500 in Sylva).

Population, income & housing

	Cashiers	Sylva
Population	825	2,600
Median age	60.0 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,455	$41,926
Median home value	$360,000	$195,500
Median gross rent	—	$768
Housing units	805	1,272
Homeownership rate	77.5%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cashiers	Sylva
Population	137 → 825 (+502.2%)	2,687 → 2,600 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$93,750 → $73,455 (-21.6%)	$35,583 → $41,926 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$217,200 → $360,000 (+65.7%)	$144,400 → $195,500 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $885 (+15.7%)	$697 → $768 (+10.2%)

Cashiers

Population

137825

Median household income

$93,750$73,455

Median home value

$217,200$360,000

Median gross rent

$765$885

Sylva

Population

2,6872,600

Median household income

$35,583$41,926

Median home value

$144,400$195,500

Median gross rent

$697$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cashiers	Sylva
Under 5	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.9%
18 to 24	1.6%	16.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	5.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	20.8%	5.3%
65 to 74	15.5%	5.2%
75 and over	14.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cashiers	Sylva
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	74.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	12.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cashiers	Sylva
No high school diploma	4.5%	18.7%
High school graduate	49.2%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cashiers	Sylva
Drove alone	91.4%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	22.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cashiers	Sylva
1-unit, detached	94.7%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Cashiers	Sylva
Poverty rate	0.0%	26.6%
Average household size	2.06	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	12	25
Median year structure built	1988	1974