Sylva is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,694 people and three associated neighborhoods, Sylva is the 270th largest community in North Carolina.

Being a small town, Sylva does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Sylva is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.71% of adults in Sylva have a college degree.

The per capita income in Sylva in 2022 was $21,330, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,320 for a family of four. However, Sylva contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sylva is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sylva home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sylva residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Sylva also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.55% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sylva include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Portuguese.

The most common language spoken in Sylva is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.