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Population (year 2000): 1,186. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,238 (+4.4% change)
Males: 567 (47.8%), Females: 619 (52.2%)
DeKalb County
Zip code:
35988
Median resident age: 37.5 years
Median household income: $28,553 (year 2000)
Median house value: $59,600 (year 2000)
Races in Sylvania:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.2%)
- American Indian (2.8%)
- Two or more races (1.8%)
- Hispanic (0.7%)
- Other race (0.5%)
Ancestries: United States (28.2%), Irish (8.5%),
English (6.7%), German (4.0%), Dutch (1.5%), Scotch-Irish
(1.5%).
Elevation: 1392 feet
Land area: 7.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sylvania
- High school or higher: 61.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
- Unemployed: 3.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sylvania town
- Never married: 16.0%
- Now married: 61.3%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 7.4%
- Divorced: 13.6%
0.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +250 (+26.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sylvania:
- BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER DEKALB (about 8 miles; FORT
PAYNE, AL)
- JACKSON CO HOSP & NURSING HOME (about 23 miles;
SCOTTSBORO, AL)
- BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER CHEROKEE (about 32 miles;
CENTRE, AL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sylvania:
- RICHARD B RUSSELL (about 47 miles; ROME, GA; ID: RMG)
- LOVELL FIELD (about 53 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; ID:
CHA)
- ANNISTON METROPOLITAN (about 68 miles; ANNISTON, AL;
ID: ANB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sylvania:
- ISBELL FIELD (about 9 miles; FORT PAYNE, AL; ID:
4A9)
- SCOTTSBORO MUNI-WORD FIELD (about 17 miles;
SCOTTSBORO, AL; ID: 4A6)
- STEVENSON (about 23 miles; STEVENSON, AL; ID: 7A6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sylvania:
- GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles;
GADSDEN, AL; Full-time enrollment: 3,360)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA (about 49
miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; FT enrollment: 6,914)
- JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles;
JACKSONVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 6,418)
- CHATTANOOGA STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about
52 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; FT enrollment: 4,821)
- ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles; NORMAL,
AL; FT enrollment: 4,886)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (about 60 miles;
HUNTSVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 4,795)
- MOTLOW STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles;
Tullahoma, TN; FT enrollment: 2,256)
Public primary/middle school in Sylvania:
- SYLVANIA SCHOOL (Students: 870; Location: 133
1ST ST NW; Grades: KG - 12)
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