Sylvania vs Waterville

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

Sylvania and Waterville 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 5,997 in Waterville). Waterville has the higher median household income ($102,096 vs $95,610 in Sylvania). Waterville has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $233,700 in Sylvania).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvania	Waterville
Population	19,038	5,997
Median age	40.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,610	$102,096
Median home value	$233,700	$271,100
Median gross rent	$1,019	$1,386
Housing units	7,992	2,450
Homeownership rate	77.5%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvania	Waterville
Population	19,143 → 19,038 (-0.5%)	5,487 → 5,997 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$76,923 → $95,610 (+24.3%)	$92,038 → $102,096 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$178,800 → $233,700 (+30.7%)	$196,400 → $271,100 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,019 (+18.8%)	$1,001 → $1,386 (+38.5%)

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

Waterville

Population

5,4875,997

Median household income

$92,038$102,096

Median home value

$196,400$271,100

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,386

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylvania	Waterville
Under 5	7.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.3%
75 and over	8.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvania	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylvania	Waterville
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	17.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvania	Waterville
Drove alone	77.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	8.3%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvania	Waterville
1-unit, detached	67.4%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	8.6%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sylvania	Waterville
Poverty rate	5.3%	3.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1974	1991