New Albany vs Sylvania

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

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

New Albany has the higher population (318 vs 243 in Sylvania). New Albany has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $58,125 in Sylvania). Sylvania has the higher median home value ($139,400 vs $112,500 in New Albany).

Population, income & housing

	New Albany	Sylvania
Population	318	243
Median age	28.3 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$58,125
Median home value	$112,500	$139,400
Median gross rent	$924	$685
Housing units	135	93
Homeownership rate	56.1%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Albany	Sylvania
Population	270 → 318 (+17.8%)	205 → 243 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$34,107 → $72,750 (+113.3%)	$41,250 → $58,125 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$104,700 → $112,500 (+7.4%)	$124,000 → $139,400 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $924 (+39.4%)	$650 → $685 (+5.4%)

New Albany

Population

270318

Median household income

$34,107$72,750

Median home value

$104,700$112,500

Median gross rent

$663$924

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)

	New Albany	Sylvania
Under 5	4.1%	12.8%
5 to 17	22.3%	25.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	21.4%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	6.6%
55 to 64	6.3%	7.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	5.8%
75 and over	1.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Albany	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Albany	Sylvania
No high school diploma	6.5%	12.9%
High school graduate	59.3%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Albany	Sylvania
Drove alone	88.2%	94.1%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Albany	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	79.3%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Albany	Sylvania
Poverty rate	15.9%	23.9%
Average household size	2.79	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938