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Sweetwater, NJ

1,067 Population
3.6 square miles 299.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±30.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 44.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,369 ±$13,269 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $45,232 ±$924
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$105,489 ±$24,780 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $82,105 ±$1,955
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.5% ±6.6% (48  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 12% 43,803 (±0.8% / ±3,000)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.6 minutes ±7.2 (11,590  ±7,949) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 24.4 3,758,705 (±0.5 / ±100,982)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

348 ±143 Number of households
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 154,441 ±1,181
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.9 (1,067  ±544) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 2.4 363,547 (±0 / ±194)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

348 ±143 Number of housing units
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 231,798 ±129
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$492,700 ±$181,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $331,700 ±$5,088
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

85.1% ±48% (502  ±199.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 90.8% 242,596 (±1.4% / ±3,738.1)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
45.4% ±18.7% (268  ±153.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 33.8% 90,348 (±0.8% / ±2,143.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

5.1% ±6.2% (41  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 5.9% 17,351 (±0.3% / ±947)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
41 Total veterans ±53 41 Male ±53 N/A Female ±14

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