Ottawa Hills vs Sylvania

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

Ottawa Hills 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 4,796 in Ottawa Hills). Ottawa Hills has the higher median household income ($177,656 vs $95,610 in Sylvania). Ottawa Hills has the higher median home value ($306,300 vs $233,700 in Sylvania).

Population, income & housing

	Ottawa Hills	Sylvania
Population	4,796	19,038
Median age	41.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$177,656	$95,610
Median home value	$306,300	$233,700
Median gross rent	$1,859	$1,019
Housing units	1,840	7,992
Homeownership rate	89.8%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ottawa Hills	Sylvania
Population	4,450 → 4,796 (+7.8%)	19,143 → 19,038 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$155,893 → $177,656 (+14.0%)	$76,923 → $95,610 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$319,100 → $306,300 (-4.0%)	$178,800 → $233,700 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,859 (+38.9%)	$858 → $1,019 (+18.8%)

Ottawa Hills

Population

4,4504,796

Median household income

$155,893$177,656

Median home value

$319,100$306,300

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,859

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)

	Ottawa Hills	Sylvania
Under 5	5.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	23.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	5.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.8%
75 and over	8.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ottawa Hills	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	86.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ottawa Hills	Sylvania
No high school diploma	0.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	10.2%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	36.8%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ottawa Hills	Sylvania
Drove alone	77.8%	77.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ottawa Hills	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	79.3%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Ottawa Hills	Sylvania
Poverty rate	2.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.77	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1955	1974