City safety & data profile

SylvaniaOH

Sylvania, OH is a 19K-resident city in Lucas County with a median household income of $100,189.

Lucas County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sylvania, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sylvania has a population larger than 41% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $249,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

19K
Population (place)
Bottom 42%
By size
$100,189
Median income (place)
$249,200
Median home (place)
5.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Sylvania

Sylvania posts a median household income higher than 69% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Sylvania area.

Top 31%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Sylvania

Where Sylvania income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$100,189 Top 31% higher than 69% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Sylvania $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Sylvania, OH beyond the headline numbers

Sylvania sits inside Lucas County, Ohio, at roughly 41.72°N, -83.71°W. Population 18,965, $100,189 median household income. Median home value $249,200, median rent $1,072. Poverty rate 5.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Sylvania, 0 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.6% of Sylvania, OH residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Sylvania runs about 2.5 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

18.1% of Sylvania workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 5.3% in Sylvania, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sylvania from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
18,965
Sylvania · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$100,189
+12% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$249,200
-40% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lucas County): Sylvania's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
428K-3%
Median Income
$62,224+50%
Median Home Value
$163,900+51%
Poverty Rate
17.7%-15%
Unemployment
6.3%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Sylvania, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,072/mo
Poverty Rate
5.6% -55% vs avg
Unemployment 3.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 51.9%
Work From Home 18.1%
Public Transit 0.8%

Population

White 86.3%
African American 4.1%
Asian 3.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33.5%
High Blood Pressure
32.7%
Obesity
29.2%
Physical Inactivity
21%
Binge Drinking
16.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
15%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.4%
Diabetes
10.5%
Current Smoking
10.3%
Current Asthma
10.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 73.9%
Annual Checkup 81.7%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
6.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
5.3%
Stroke
3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Sylvania?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Sylvania right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet OH-SYLVANIA · Sylvania

Sylvania: 217 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 217 on record
  • WX-LED 94% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · CPSC/FDA/NHTSA
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Sylvania

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 217 tagged notices on record for Sylvania.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ181)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Sylvania; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (217 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Sylvania, OH? ▼
Sylvania, OH has a population of 18,965 people, located in Lucas County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Sylvania? ▼
The median household income in Sylvania, OH is $100,189 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.6%.
What is the median home value in Sylvania? ▼
The median home value in Sylvania, OH is $249,200. Median rent is $1,072/month.
What are the top health concerns in Sylvania? ▼
The top health indicators in Sylvania include Short Sleep Duration (33.5%), High Blood Pressure (32.7%), Obesity (29.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Sylvania? ▼
Sylvania has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Sylvania? ▼
The median age in Sylvania, OH is 40.1 years. 51.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Sylvania, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (5.6% here).

Overland Park, KS 5.6% Olathe, KS 5.6% Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% The Woodlands, TX 5.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($100,189 here).

Valinda, CA $100,165 Groveland, FL $100,226 Germantown, WI $100,231 Orchards, WA $100,146

Compare Sylvania with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Maumee, OH 14K Toledo, OH 266K Perrysburg, OH 21K Oregon, OH 20K Bowling Green, OH 31K Adrian, MI 21K Monroe, MI 20K Ypsilanti, MI 20K
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Using Sylvania's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Sylvania area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Sylvania against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Lucas County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.