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Sweeny, TX

3,592 Population
2 square miles 1,806.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$43,961 ±$14,983 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $41,559 ±$296
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$64,557 ±$16,006 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $80,458 ±$526
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

7.2% ±8.9% (252  ±312) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.6% 976,498 (±0.3% / ±21,223)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

37.1 minutes ±21.1 (46,680  ±29,531) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 29.9 90,172,520 (±0.2 / ±645,897)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,541 ±241 Number of households
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,601,888 ±5,356
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.3 ±0.4 (3,489  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,190,964 (±0 / ±861)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

4.3% ±5.6% (37  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 104,422 (±0.2% / ±3,508)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

1,763 ±286 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,839,496 ±419
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$180,700 ±$13,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $275,200 ±$1,283
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

12.6% ±8.4% (447  ±299.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.8% 993,533 (±0.2% / ±16,228.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

97.2% ±14.3% (2,246  ±434) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 85.1% 4,013,863 (±0.4% / ±19,522.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
19.4% ±9.4% (448  ±224) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.4% 1,668,638 (±0.3% / ±12,687.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

2.6% ±4.5% (94  ±162) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 23.8% 1,731,737
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

8.3% ±5.7% (216  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 4.9% 263,986 (±0.1% / ±5,050)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
216 Total veterans ±150 216 Male ±150 N/A Female ±15

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