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.Sylva is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.55% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sylva is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sylva who work in maintenance occupations (24.94%), food service (18.74%), and sales jobs (13.47%). Sylva is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Sylva citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.71% of adults in Sylva have at least a bachelor's 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.
