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Sweetwater, TX

10,385 Population
11.1 square miles 938.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 39.3 ±1.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,860 ±$2,934 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: $32,182 ±$2,375
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,892 ±$3,911 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: $50,747 ±$3,546
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.1% ±6.1% (2,847  ±622) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 22.5% † 3,165 (±4.6% / ±650)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.1 minutes ±2.1 (68,755  ±9,934) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 18.3 † 109,850 (±2 / ±12,890)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,245 ±226 Number of households
  • the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 5,886 ±219
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (10,144  ±54) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 2.4 14,063 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±3.3% (90  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 5.1% † 148 (±2.8% / ±82)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,170 ±129 Number of housing units
  • the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 7,104 ±40
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$80,800 ±$10,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: $96,300 ±$9,521
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±4.5% (1,571  ±460.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 13.8% † 1,984 (±3.5% / ±497.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.1% ±7.2% (5,324  ±489.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 84.1% 7,954 (±5.5% / ±520)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.1% ±3.1% (923  ±207.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 16.1% † 1,518 (±2.4% / ±226.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-fifths of 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

4.6% ±1.8% (482  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 4.5% 646
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±1.6% (330  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Sweetwater, TX Micro Area: 6.1% † 655 (±1.3% / ±137)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
330 Total veterans ±117 294 Male ±102 36 Female ±41

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