Florida · Census place 70345
Sweetwater city, FL
Quick answer
Sweetwater city has 19,544 residents, ranking #207 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $55,154, the median home is worth $251,000 and median gross rent runs $1,699 a month.
- Population
- 19,544Sweetwater city residents
- Median household income
- $55,154Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $251,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,699Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 39.5%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Sweetwater city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Sweetwater city median would spend about 37% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.2% of residents and 39.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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