A typical Sylvania home is worth about $153,000
Up 7.3% in a year, 54% below the Georgia typical home.
What kind of housing town is Sylvania?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.3 years of income
Less than across Georgia (4.3 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Sylvania home, with $24K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $40 more than owning.
How Sylvania ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sylvania’s typical property tax (0.98% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $571, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Screven County, GA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Up 31.9% in five years
Faster than Georgia (22.2%).
Show as a table
| January | Sylvania | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $75,000 | $172,000 |
| 2018 | $79,000 | $186,000 |
| 2019 | $86,000 | $202,000 |
| 2020 | $95,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $109,000 | $240,000 |
| 2022 | $121,000 | $292,000 |
| 2023 | $136,000 | $323,000 |
| 2024 | $147,000 | $334,000 |
| 2025 | $158,000 | $339,000 |
| 2026 | $141,000 | $332,000 |
| August 2026 | $153,000 | $331,000 |
A typical Sylvania home worth $75K in September 2016 is worth about $153K today.
How Sylvania ranks on rising home prices →
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
No new homes permitted in 2009
No permits for new homes were issued in Sylvania in 2009. The last year with any was 2007 (3 new homes).
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $512,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $337,000 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $105,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $140,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $90,000 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $360,000 |
Sylvania's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2009, so the 2009 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
64% of Sylvania households own their home
Half of Sylvania’s homes were built before 1965.
Georgia: 66% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Neighbors talk housing
What Sylvania buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.