Sylvania vs Toledo

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

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

Toledo has the higher population (268,461 vs 19,038 in Sylvania). Sylvania has the higher median household income ($95,610 vs $47,532 in Toledo). Sylvania has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $107,000 in Toledo).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvania	Toledo
Population	19,038	268,461
Median age	40.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$95,610	$47,532
Median home value	$233,700	$107,000
Median gross rent	$1,019	$880
Housing units	7,992	133,195
Homeownership rate	77.5%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvania	Toledo
Population	19,143 → 19,038 (-0.5%)	276,614 → 268,461 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$76,923 → $95,610 (+24.3%)	$37,752 → $47,532 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$178,800 → $233,700 (+30.7%)	$80,800 → $107,000 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,019 (+18.8%)	$725 → $880 (+21.4%)

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

Toledo

Population

276,614268,461

Median household income

$37,752$47,532

Median home value

$80,800$107,000

Median gross rent

$725$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylvania	Toledo
Under 5	7.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.6%
75 and over	8.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvania	Toledo
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	56.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	28.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylvania	Toledo
No high school diploma	2.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	17.8%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvania	Toledo
Drove alone	77.2%	77.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.2%
Public transit	0.8%	1.4%
Walked	1.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.1%	5.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvania	Toledo
1-unit, detached	67.4%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	11.2%
20 or more units	8.6%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Sylvania	Toledo
Poverty rate	5.3%	24.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1974	1955