Sylvania vs Whitehouse

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

Sylvania and Whitehouse 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 4,757 in Whitehouse). Sylvania has the higher median household income ($95,610 vs $89,375 in Whitehouse). Whitehouse has the higher median home value ($253,200 vs $233,700 in Sylvania).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvania	Whitehouse
Population	19,038	4,757
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$95,610	$89,375
Median home value	$233,700	$253,200
Median gross rent	$1,019	$915
Housing units	7,992	2,051
Homeownership rate	77.5%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvania	Whitehouse
Population	19,143 → 19,038 (-0.5%)	4,735 → 4,757 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$76,923 → $95,610 (+24.3%)	$73,875 → $89,375 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$178,800 → $233,700 (+30.7%)	$219,100 → $253,200 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,019 (+18.8%)	$866 → $915 (+5.7%)

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

Whitehouse

Population

4,7354,757

Median household income

$73,875$89,375

Median home value

$219,100$253,200

Median gross rent

$866$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylvania	Whitehouse
Under 5	7.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	16.4%
75 and over	8.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvania	Whitehouse
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	93.7%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylvania	Whitehouse
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.3%
High school graduate	17.8%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvania	Whitehouse
Drove alone	77.2%	82.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.8%	1.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	8.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvania	Whitehouse
1-unit, detached	67.4%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	12.5%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sylvania	Whitehouse
Poverty rate	5.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1974	1994