Sylva vs Webster

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

Sylva and Webster 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 501 in Webster). Webster has the higher median household income ($54,444 vs $41,926 in Sylva). Webster has the higher median home value ($330,000 vs $195,500 in Sylva).

Population, income & housing

	Sylva	Webster
Population	2,600	501
Median age	30.3 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,926	$54,444
Median home value	$195,500	$330,000
Median gross rent	$768	$800
Housing units	1,272	203
Homeownership rate	40.3%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylva	Webster
Population	2,687 → 2,600 (-3.2%)	362 → 501 (+38.4%)
Median household income	$35,583 → $41,926 (+17.8%)	$44,375 → $54,444 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $195,500 (+35.4%)	$300,000 → $330,000 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $768 (+10.2%)	$675 → $800 (+18.5%)

Sylva

Population

2,6872,600

Median household income

$35,583$41,926

Median home value

$144,400$195,500

Median gross rent

$697$768

Webster

Population

362501

Median household income

$44,375$54,444

Median home value

$300,000$330,000

Median gross rent

$675$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylva	Webster
Under 5	8.8%	10.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	32.3%
18 to 24	16.7%	2.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	4.8%
55 to 64	5.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	9.4%
75 and over	7.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylva	Webster
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	73.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.2%	3.2%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylva	Webster
No high school diploma	18.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	27.8%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylva	Webster
Drove alone	71.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	22.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	12.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylva	Webster
1-unit, detached	61.6%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Sylva	Webster
Poverty rate	26.6%	28.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1974	1975