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Sweet Water, AL

157 Population
2.4 square miles 66.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Marengo County: 41.1 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$67,889 ±$35,518 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Marengo County: $27,957 ±$2,333
  • about double the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$65,000 ±$31,121 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Marengo County: $44,205 † ±$5,009
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

5.1% ±4.8% (8  ±8) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Marengo County: 22.6% † 4,241 (±3.6% / ±673)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

30.6 minutes ±21.5 (2,050  ±1,012) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marengo County: 27.1 † 190,140 (±2.9 / ±25,130)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

80 ±27 Number of households
  • Marengo County: 7,615 ±294
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2 ±0.2 (157  ±56) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Marengo County: 2.5 18,778 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

13.6% ±25.2% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Marengo County: 5.8% † 245 (±2.3% / ±97)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

105 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Marengo County: 9,837 ±20
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$177,800 ±$29,076 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Marengo County: $103,400 † ±$13,105
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

94.5% ±14.4% (120  ±43.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marengo County: 85.6% 11,072 (±6% / ±802.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
26.8% ±23.1% (34  ±31.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Marengo County: 20.4% † 2,640 (±3.5% / ±453.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

7.8% ±5.8% (11  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marengo County: 9.7% † 1,423 (±2.2% / ±329)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
11 Total veterans ±9 11 Male ±9 N/A Female ±13

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