Oregon vs Sylvania

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

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

Oregon has the higher population (19,821 vs 19,038 in Sylvania). Sylvania has the higher median household income ($95,610 vs $82,467 in Oregon). Sylvania has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $191,300 in Oregon).

Population, income & housing

	Oregon	Sylvania
Population	19,821	19,038
Median age	44.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,467	$95,610
Median home value	$191,300	$233,700
Median gross rent	$874	$1,019
Housing units	8,606	7,992
Homeownership rate	75.2%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oregon	Sylvania
Population	20,017 → 19,821 (-1.0%)	19,143 → 19,038 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$60,078 → $82,467 (+37.3%)	$76,923 → $95,610 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$144,000 → $191,300 (+32.8%)	$178,800 → $233,700 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $874 (+30.3%)	$858 → $1,019 (+18.8%)

Oregon

Population

20,01719,821

Median household income

$60,078$82,467

Median home value

$144,000$191,300

Median gross rent

$671$874

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)

	Oregon	Sylvania
Under 5	4.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.8%
75 and over	9.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oregon	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oregon	Sylvania
No high school diploma	6.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	39.3%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oregon	Sylvania
Drove alone	83.2%	77.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	14.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oregon	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	77.1%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	10.4%
20 or more units	5.8%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Oregon	Sylvania
Poverty rate	7.2%	5.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1971	1974