Alabama · Census place 0174400

Sylvania, Alabama

Sylvania is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama with an estimated 1,824 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 204th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,824; #204 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020: +1.4%; +25 people
Land area: 8.5 sq mi; + 0.10 sq mi water
Density: 214 / sq mi; State median 715

Orange pin: Sylvania. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

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Sylvania population, 2020 to 2024

Sylvania added 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,797. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sylvania covers 8.52 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 214 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Sylvania is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sylvania is in

All of Sylvania's residents live in DeKalb County, which had 73,122 residents in 2024. Sylvania holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sylvania

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sylvania by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35968, 35988. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Sylvania is

The Census internal point of Sylvania is at 34.562000, -85.804700. Montgomery, the capital, is 153.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rainsville, AL (5,931 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 47.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.562000, -85.804700
DMS: 34°33'43.20"N 85°48'16.92"W
UTM: 16N 609654.0E 3825121.2N
Geohash: dn4ux7yfj
Plus code: 866PH56W+R4

Daylight in Sylvania

At 34.56° N, Sylvania gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sylvania

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Rainsville, 5.0 miles away, with 5,931 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sylvania, AL?

1,824 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 25 (1.4%) from 1,799 in July 2020.

What county is Sylvania in?

DeKalb County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Sylvania?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35968, 35988.

How far is Sylvania from Montgomery?

153.6 miles (247.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Sylvania.

What is the nearest larger city to Sylvania?

Rainsville, AL, with 5,931 residents, 5.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.