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Census Tract 9709.05, Sweetwater, WY

5,260 Population
9.8 square miles 536.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±5.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rock Springs: 35.9 ±1.6
  • about the same as the figure in Sweetwater County: 37.9 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$47,708 ±$6,666 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rock Springs: $41,182 † ±$4,614
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sweetwater County: $41,511 ±$2,907
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wyoming: $42,668 ±$841
$111,659 ±$15,419 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Rock Springs: $69,168 ±$3,957
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sweetwater County: $75,034 ±$3,808
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wyoming: $76,176 ±$1,168

6.6% ±4.6% (348  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rock Springs: 16.1% † 3,653 (±3.8% / ±863)
  • about half the rate in Sweetwater County: 12.9% † 5,271 (±2.3% / ±923)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wyoming: 10.5% 59,920 (±0.6% / ±3,155)

26.9 minutes ±3.9 (81,025  ±19,467) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rock Springs: 22.5 † 246,350 (±2.5 / ±28,909)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sweetwater County: 23.8 459,225 (±1.9 / ±39,149)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wyoming: 18.8 4,865,725 (±0.4 / ±125,123)

Families

1,919 ±245 Number of households
  • Rock Springs: 9,625 ±398
  • Sweetwater County: 17,502 ±351
  • Wyoming: 243,318 ±1,490
2.7 ±0.1 (5,249  ±715) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rock Springs: 2.4 22,749 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sweetwater County: 2.3 41,003 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wyoming: 2.3 568,741

6.6% ±6.7% (78  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Rock Springs: 6.9% † 374 (±3.5% / ±189)
  • a little higher than the rate in Sweetwater County: 6.4% † 633 (±2.5% / ±245)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wyoming: 6.2% 7,972 (±0.5% / ±636)

Housing

1,919 ±245 Number of housing units
  • Rock Springs: 10,678 ±350
  • Sweetwater County: 19,289 ±56
  • Wyoming: 277,141 ±187

$355,400 ±$25,798 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rock Springs: $256,200 ±$14,164
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sweetwater County: $251,400 ±$9,650
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wyoming: $309,700 ±$3,824

20.6% ±8.1% (1,069  ±441.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rock Springs: 18% † 4,100 (±3.3% / ±742.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sweetwater County: 16.3% † 6,682 (±2.6% / ±1,065.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wyoming: 14.9% 85,609 (±0.6% / ±3,580.4)

Social

94.2% ±6.6% (2,855  ±396.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rock Springs: 91.5% 13,425 (±5.1% / ±827.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Sweetwater County: 92.8% 25,514 (±3.8% / ±1,063.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming: 94.2% 375,593 (±1.1% / ±4,470.9)
29.2% ±6% (884  ±210.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rock Springs: 21.9% † 3,209 (±2.7% / ±408.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sweetwater County: 20.9% 5,747 (±1.9% / ±527.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Wyoming: 30.6% 121,849 (±0.6% / ±2,527.5)

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

9.2% ±3.9% (486  ±215) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rock Springs: 5.4% † 1,247 (±1.1% / ±259)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sweetwater County: 5.3% 2,183
  • more than double the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,494

6.4% ±2.6% (248  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rock Springs: 9% † 1,542 (±1.5% / ±265)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sweetwater County: 8.8% † 2,725 (±1.2% / ±368)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wyoming: 9% 40,253 (±0.3% / ±1,430)
248 Total veterans ±106 248 Male ±106 N/A Female ±18

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