Alba vs Sylvania

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

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

Sylvania has the higher population (243 vs 130 in Alba). Sylvania has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $52,083 in Alba). Sylvania has the higher median home value ($139,400 vs $93,300 in Alba).

Population, income & housing

	Alba	Sylvania
Population	130	243
Median age	45.3 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,083	$58,125
Median home value	$93,300	$139,400
Median gross rent	$813	$685
Housing units	62	93
Homeownership rate	76.4%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.9%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alba	Sylvania
Population	138 → 130 (-5.8%)	205 → 243 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $52,083 (+43.7%)	$41,250 → $58,125 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $93,300 (+10.5%)	$124,000 → $139,400 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$650 → $685 (+5.4%)

Alba

Population

138130

Median household income

$36,250$52,083

Median home value

$84,400$93,300

Sylvania

Population

205243

Median household income

$41,250$58,125

Median home value

$124,000$139,400

Median gross rent

$650$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alba	Sylvania
Under 5	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	25.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.8%
25 to 34	7.7%	15.6%
35 to 44	23.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	6.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	5.8%
75 and over	13.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alba	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
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	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alba	Sylvania
No high school diploma	23.6%	12.9%
High school graduate	47.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alba	Sylvania
Drove alone	85.9%	94.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alba	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	74.2%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alba	Sylvania
Poverty rate	6.9%	23.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1958	1938