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Sweetwater, TN

6,532 Population
9 square miles 727.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±7.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 42.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,949 ±$2,670 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Athens, TN Micro Area: $32,322 ±$1,348
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,451 ±$13,515 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Athens, TN Micro Area: $61,438 ±$3,780
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.6% ±5.6% (927  ±354) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 13.2% † 8,817 (±1.6% / ±1,061)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±1.1 (49,650  ±7,439) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 26.3 699,255 (±0.9 / ±34,176)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,902 ±304 Number of households
  • the Athens, TN Micro Area: 26,453 ±495
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (6,360  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 2.5 66,931 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.1% ±1.8% (17  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 7% † 1,021 (±1.9% / ±272)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,050 ±327 Number of housing units
  • the Athens, TN Micro Area: 30,412 ±72
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$178,400 ±$16,960 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Athens, TN Micro Area: $205,300 ±$9,388
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±3.5% (525  ±224.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 13.1% † 8,793 (±1.6% / ±1,093.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.9% ±8.5% (3,890  ±464.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 86.8% 41,984 (±2.7% / ±1,309.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.8% ±4.8% (849  ±223.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 17.6% 8,508 (±1.4% / ±662.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.6% ±1.5% (169  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 2.3% 1,545
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±3% (412  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 8.3% † 4,456 (±0.8% / ±447)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
412 Total veterans ±153 390 Male ±146 22 Female ±29

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