Sylvania vs Ulster

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

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

Ulster has the higher population (294 vs 243 in Sylvania). Ulster has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $58,125 in Sylvania). Ulster has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $139,400 in Sylvania).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvania	Ulster
Population	243	294
Median age	30.6 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$59,375
Median home value	$139,400	$165,300
Median gross rent	$685	$930
Housing units	93	142
Homeownership rate	76.3%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvania	Ulster
Population	205 → 243 (+18.5%)	—
Median household income	$41,250 → $58,125 (+40.9%)	—
Median home value	$124,000 → $139,400 (+12.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$650 → $685 (+5.4%)	—

Sylvania

Population

205243

Median household income

$41,250$58,125

Median home value

$124,000$139,400

Median gross rent

$650$685

Ulster

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylvania	Ulster
Under 5	12.8%	9.9%
5 to 17	25.9%	9.9%
18 to 24	0.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.6%	19.4%
55 to 64	7.8%	21.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	6.5%
75 and over	9.1%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvania	Ulster
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sylvania	Ulster
No high school diploma	12.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	42.9%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvania	Ulster
Drove alone	94.1%	97.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvania	Ulster
1-unit, detached	91.4%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Sylvania	Ulster
Poverty rate	23.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1945