Sylvan Hills vs Tipton

A side-by-side comparison of Sylvan Hills and Tipton: population, income, housing, and more.

Sylvan Hills and Tipton are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sylvan Hills has the higher population (493 vs 462 in Tipton). Sylvan Hills has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $48,056 in Tipton). Sylvan Hills has the higher median home value ($297,000 vs $178,300 in Tipton).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvan Hills	Tipton
Population	493	462
Median age	52.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$48,056
Median home value	$297,000	$178,300
Median gross rent	—	$819
Housing units	212	224
Homeownership rate	92.5%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvan Hills	Tipton
Population	539 → 493 (-8.5%)	1,544 → 462 (-70.1%)
Median household income	$80,547 → $91,250 (+13.3%)	$44,625 → $48,056 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $297,000 (+39.8%)	$154,500 → $178,300 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$724 → $819 (+13.1%)

Sylvan Hills

Population

539493

Median household income

$80,547$91,250

Median home value

$212,500$297,000

Tipton

Population

1,544462

Median household income

$44,625$48,056

Median home value

$154,500$178,300

Median gross rent

$724$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylvan Hills	Tipton
Under 5	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	5.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	18.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	19.7%
55 to 64	19.7%	5.6%
65 to 74	15.2%	2.4%
75 and over	6.3%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvan Hills	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylvan Hills	Tipton
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	3.4%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	52.1%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvan Hills	Tipton
Drove alone	100.0%	92.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvan Hills	Tipton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	25.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Sylvan Hills	Tipton
Poverty rate	2.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1974	1966