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Sweetwater Independent School District, TX

12,303 Population
285.9 square miles 43 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Nolan County: 39.3 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,357 ±$2,666 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Nolan County: $32,182 ±$2,375
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,167 ±$3,771 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Nolan County: $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

24.1% ±5.1% (2,906  ±618) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nolan County: 22.5% † 3,165 (±4.6% / ±650)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.2 minutes ±2 (88,165  ±11,386) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Nolan County: 18.3 † 109,850 (±2 / ±12,890)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,062 ±225 Number of households
  • Nolan County: 5,886 ±219
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (12,062  ±248) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nolan County: 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

4.4% ±3% (108  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nolan County: 5.1% † 148 (±2.8% / ±82)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,127 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Nolan County: 7,104 ±40
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$94,000 ±$10,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Nolan County: $96,300 ±$9,521
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14% ±3.9% (1,717  ±479.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Nolan County: 13.8% † 1,984 (±3.5% / ±497.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.3% ±6% (6,807  ±512.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nolan County: 84.1% 7,954 (±5.5% / ±520)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.2% ±2.7% (1,230  ±222.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Nolan County: 16.1% † 1,518 (±2.4% / ±226.4)
  • about half 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

4.3% ±1.6% (533  ±197) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Nolan County: 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

6.3% ±1.5% (573  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Nolan County: 6.1% † 655 (±1.3% / ±137)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
573 Total veterans ±136 485 Male ±118 88 Female ±58

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