Maumee vs Sylvania

A side-by-side comparison of Maumee and Sylvania: population, income, housing, and more.

Maumee and Sylvania are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sylvania has the higher population (19,038 vs 13,765 in Maumee). Sylvania has the higher median household income ($95,610 vs $81,739 in Maumee). Sylvania has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $185,600 in Maumee).

Population, income & housing

	Maumee	Sylvania
Population	13,765	19,038
Median age	39.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,739	$95,610
Median home value	$185,600	$233,700
Median gross rent	$939	$1,019
Housing units	6,213	7,992
Homeownership rate	73.8%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maumee	Sylvania
Population	13,797 → 13,765 (-0.2%)	19,143 → 19,038 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$71,419 → $81,739 (+14.4%)	$76,923 → $95,610 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$144,600 → $185,600 (+28.4%)	$178,800 → $233,700 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $939 (+17.8%)	$858 → $1,019 (+18.8%)

Maumee

Population

13,79713,765

Median household income

$71,419$81,739

Median home value

$144,600$185,600

Median gross rent

$797$939

Sylvania

Population

19,14319,038

Median household income

$76,923$95,610

Median home value

$178,800$233,700

Median gross rent

$858$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maumee	Sylvania
Under 5	6.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.8%
75 and over	7.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maumee	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	86.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maumee	Sylvania
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	24.0%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maumee	Sylvania
Drove alone	87.6%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	0.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	14.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maumee	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	75.7%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	10.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Maumee	Sylvania
Poverty rate	6.2%	5.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1962	1974