Georgia · Census place 1375160
Sylvania, Georgia
Sylvania is a city in Screven County, Georgia with an estimated 2,655 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 216th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,655
- #216 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- +0.7%
- +18 people
- Land area
- 5.1 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 526 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Sylvania population, 2020 to 2024
Sylvania added 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +15.
Sylvania covers 5.05 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 526 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Sylvania is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sylvania is in
All of Sylvania's residents live in Screven County, which had 14,325 residents in 2024. Sylvania holds 18.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sylvania
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sylvania by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30467. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Sylvania is
The Census internal point of Sylvania is at 32.747200, -81.640700. Atlanta, the capital, is 173.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Millen, GA (2,980 people), 18.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Augusta-Richmond County, GA, 49.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.747200, -81.640700
- DMS
- 32°44'49.92"N 81°38'26.52"W
- UTM
- 17N 439977.9E 3623443.6N
- Geohash
- djvfq1rn3
- Plus code
- 864WP9W5+VP
Daylight in Sylvania
At 32.75° N, Sylvania gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 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 Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Sardis, 17.2 miles away, with 1,007 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sylvania, GA?
2,655 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 18 (0.7%) from 2,637 in July 2020.
What county is Sylvania in?
Screven County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sylvania?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30467.
How far is Sylvania from Atlanta?
173.2 miles (278.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Sylvania.
What is the nearest larger city to Sylvania?
Millen, GA, with 2,980 residents, 18.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.