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Sylvester city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Sylvester city is a Census city of 5,489 people across 6.57 square miles of land, in Worth County. Median household income is $58,417, 57.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.5 m.
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Sylvester
What Sylvester is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.57 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land836
- County holding the largest share of its areaWorth 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.
Sylvester
How many people live in Sylvester
- Population5,489
- Median age37.0
- Population under 181,425
- Share under 1826.0 percent
- Population 65 and over1,018 plus or minus 220
- Share 65 and over18.5 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Households2,139
- Family households1,465
- Share of households that are families68.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Sylvester
- Median household income$58,417 plus or minus $15,634
- Per capita income$27,453
- Civilian labor force2,461
- Employed2,312
- Unemployed149 plus or minus 117
- Unemployment rate6.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over3,517
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.3 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.9 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Sylvester
- Housing units2,440
- Occupied units2,139
- Vacant units301 plus or minus 141
- Vacancy rate12.3 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Owner occupied1,219
- Renter occupied920
- Ownership rate57.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$115,900 plus or minus $36,813
- Median gross rent, monthly$896 plus or minus $190
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.4 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Single family units1,794
- Share single family73.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more465 plus or minus 185
- Share in buildings of two or more19.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Mobile homes181 plus or minus 105
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Sylvester gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,100
- Commuting under 15 minutes751 plus or minus 214
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.8 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more867 plus or minus 253
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.3 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Drove alone79.7 percent
- Carpooled5.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport2.4 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Walked2.2 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home9.1 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Sylvester borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$4,453,000
- Average approval$1,113,250
- Median approval$1,278,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,170,000
- Largest approval$2,170,000
- Jobs supported38
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more75.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
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SBA 504 lending to Sylvester borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$156,000
- Average approval$156,000
- Median approval$156,000
- Largest approval$156,000
- Jobs supported8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- 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.
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Flood programme status in Sylvester
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130198
- Currently effective map date08/19/25
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Worth County, not Sylvester
Worth County context, not Sylvester figures
These are Worth County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sylvester measurements.
- Establishments in Worth County288
- Employment at those establishments, Worth County2,375
- Covered employment, Worth County3,024
- Average annual pay, Worth County$41,312
- Average weekly wage, Worth County$794
- Housing units permitted, Worth County76
- Of those, single family, Worth County32
- County product, 2024, Worth County$451,444,000
- County product change over the prior year, Worth County7.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Worth County$37,355
Every figure in this section is published for Worth County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sylvester. 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.
- 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
Sylvester questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sylvester, Georgia?
5,489, in 2,139 households. Sylvester city covers 6.57 square miles of land, which is 836 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sylvester in?
Worth 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 Sylvester?
$58,417. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $115,900. Median gross rent is $896 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sylvester businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $4.5 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $1,278,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $156,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sylvester, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sylvester borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sylvester. 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.
Is Sylvester in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Sylvester appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130198, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Sylvester figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Worth 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 Sylvester.
Is zoning published for Sylvester?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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