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Sweet Water CCD, Marengo County, AL

1,898 Population
189.2 square miles 10 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±7.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marengo County: 41.4 ±1.5
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,976 ±$7,441 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Marengo County: $30,868 ±$2,993
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,430 ±$20,619 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Marengo County: $43,825 † ±$5,429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.2% ±5.6% (251  ±118) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Marengo County: 21.9% † 4,072 (±3.4% / ±628)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.7 minutes ±4 (26,280  ±9,300) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marengo County: 26.4 † 182,445 (±2.7 / ±24,006)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

787 ±137 Number of households
  • Marengo County: 7,898 ±268
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (1,898  ±384) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Marengo County: 2.4 18,618 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.3% ±10% (31  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Marengo County: 6.4% † 259 (±2.5% / ±101)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,011 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Marengo County: 9,867 ±20
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$68,900 ±$23,870 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Marengo County: $107,400 † ±$10,723
  • about one-third of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±4.4% (142  ±87.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marengo County: 9.1% † 1,692 (±2.6% / ±490.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.5% ±8.4% (1,130  ±221.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marengo County: 85.8% 11,050 (±5.7% / ±747.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.2% ±6% (160  ±82.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Marengo County: 19.5% † 2,506 (±2.9% / ±376.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

12.1% ±6.7% (176  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Marengo County: 9.5% † 1,392 (±2.2% / ±329)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
176 Total veterans ±101 156 Male ±99 20 Female ±20

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