Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Sweetwater, TX

10,484 Population
11.1 square miles 947.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

35.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 36.5 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$27,390 ±$3,069 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: $31,045 ±$2,446
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$45,720 ±$3,615 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: $50,160 ±$4,096
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

23.4% ±4.3% (2,399  ±443) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 18.8% † 2,679 (±3.1% / ±444)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

14.5 minutes ±1.5 (66,175  ±8,098) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 16.6 † 102,080 (±1.7 / ±11,473)
  • about half the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

4,189 ±200 Number of households
  • the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 5,834 ±211
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.5 ±0.1 (10,255  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 2.4 14,220 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

8.9% ±5.9% (190  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 8.2% † 233 (±4.6% / ±132)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

5,172 ±134 Number of housing units
  • the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 7,129 ±48
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$84,000 ±$12,894 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: $98,300 ±$9,522
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

13.9% ±3.8% (1,435  ±390) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 13.5% † 1,936 (±2.8% / ±407.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

80.2% ±7.1% (5,391  ±495.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 83.5% 8,003 (±5.6% / ±547.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
11% ±2.4% (740  ±165.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 13.7% † 1,315 (±2% / ±189.5)
  • about one-third 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

4.5% ±1.7% (476  ±175) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 4.1% 600
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

4.3% ±1.5% (333  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 6.1% † 657 (±1.5% / ±157)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
333 Total veterans ±118 297 Male ±108 36 Female ±40

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.