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Sylvan Springs town, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Sylvan Springs town is a Census town of 1,490 people across 9.32 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $81,927, 83.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $528,000.
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Sylvan Springs
What Sylvan Springs is
- Census place typetown
- Land area9.32 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land160
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sylvan Springs
How many people live in Sylvan Springs
- Population1,490
- Median age44.0
- Population under 18288 plus or minus 76
- Share under 1819.3 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Population 65 and over304 plus or minus 66
- Share 65 and over20.4 percent
- Households613
- Family households471 plus or minus 97
- Share of households that are families76.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sylvan Springs
Income and work in Sylvan Springs
- Median household income$81,927 plus or minus $17,198
- Per capita income$36,625
- Civilian labor force717
- Employed692
- Unemployed25 plus or minus 15
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over1,090
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent plus or minus 19.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.7 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sylvan Springs
Housing in Sylvan Springs
- Housing units619
- Occupied units613
- Vacant units6 plus or minus 6
- Vacancy rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Owner occupied509
- Renter occupied104 plus or minus 43
- Ownership rate83.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$217,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,313
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.2 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Single family units573
- Share single family92.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes46 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sylvan Springs
How Sylvan Springs gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute613 plus or minus 127
- Commuting under 15 minutes43 plus or minus 23
- Share commuting under 15 minutes7.0 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more342 plus or minus 93
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more55.8 percent
- Drove alone83.9 percent
- Carpooled4.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home9.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sylvan Springs
SBA loans in Sylvan Springs (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$528,000
- Average approval$528,000
- Median approval$528,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$528,000
- Largest approval$528,000
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term168 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sylvan Springs
SBA loans in Sylvan Springs (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$973,000
- Average approval$973,000
- Median approval$973,000
- Largest approval$973,000
- Jobs supported18
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson County, not Sylvan Springs
Jefferson County context, not Sylvan Springs figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sylvan Springs measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County16,989
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County341,042
- Covered employment, Jefferson County367,081
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$71,562
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,376
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County2,117
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County1,536
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$65,539,202,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$73,144
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sylvan Springs. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Sylvan Springs questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sylvan Springs, Alabama?
1,490, in 613 households. Sylvan Springs town covers 9.32 square miles of land, which is 160 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sylvan Springs in?
Jefferson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sylvan Springs?
$81,927. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $217,000. Median gross rent is $1,313 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sylvan Springs businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $528,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $528,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $973,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sylvan Springs, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sylvan Springs borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sylvan Springs. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Sylvan Springs figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sylvan Springs.
Is zoning published for Sylvan Springs?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.