Sylvan Springs is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, located northwest of the Birmingham suburb of Pleasant Grove. It incorporated on May 22, 1957. As of the 2020 census, Sylvan Springs had a population of 1,653. This area was damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998, including the First United Methodist Church of Sylvan Springs.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Sylvan Springs town, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1,439
|1,494
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,470
|98.23%
|96.89%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |88.93%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|10
|21
|style='background: #ffffe6; |49
|0.68%
|1.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.96%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|5
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.34%
|0.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.48%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.07%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|3
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |95
|0.20%
|0.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.75%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|7
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30
|0.48%
|0.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.81%
|-
|Total
|1,465
|1,542
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,653
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Sylvan Springs had a population of 1,653. There were 666 households, including 515 family households, in the town.
The median age was 47.0 years. 19.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 24.0% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 90.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.5 males.
Of the 666 households, 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.8% were married-couple households, 14.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.0% of households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.