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Sylvania, AL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sylvania, AL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,940. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SYLVANIA-AL · Sylvania, AL 1 ZIPs · 1,940 pop · #20484/25278 · DeKalb County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $53,684
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20484/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Geraldine
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 65% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,940
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $158,500

Nearest income peer: Geraldine, AL ( $1,630 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Sylvania

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sylvania on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Sylvania, AL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

19th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,940
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,684
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($53,684 average) · poverty 9.5%. The primary code (35988) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (64.9%) for this income tier, rent $691 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Alabama, Wing is the closest lower-income city and Ramer the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sylvania.

Population concentration

Sylvania's single ZIP 35988 carries the town

Sylvania is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 35988 is the entire residential footprint (1,940 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Sylvania

Citywide ZBP: 22 establishments, 204 employees , annual payroll $8,353k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 35988 (22 units) ; leading NAICS Manufacturing (4) · also Wholesale trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Sylvania, AL

These ZIP codes sit in DeKalb County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sylvania. See the DeKalb County roll-up →

Sylvania lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing DeKalb County: Crossville, Rainsville and Henagar earn more and Fort Payne, Valley Head and Ider earn less. Rainsville marks the far end of that range at $68,056, 27% above Sylvania.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
35988 1,940 $53,684 22 61
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