What is the population of Sweeny city?

Sweeny city has 3,592 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #514 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Sweeny city?

Median household income in Sweeny city is $64,557 a year, 17.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sweeny city?

Median gross rent is $1,238 a month and the median home value is $180,700, so rent absorbs about 23% of median household income.

Is Sweeny city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sweeny city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sweeny, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sweeny, Texas (Sweeny, TX — Census place “Sweeny city”) is 3,592 residents, ranking #514 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $64,557, the median home is worth $180,700 and median gross rent runs $1,238 a month. Looking for the Sweeny Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sweeny, TX: 77480.

Population: 3,592Sweeny city residents
Median household income: $64,557Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $180,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,238Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 30.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.9%Owner-occupied households

Sweeny ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sweeny.

The Sweeny TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

77480

What the numbers mean in Sweeny city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sweeny city median would spend about 23% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.2% of residents and 67.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Sweeny city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sweeny city is a small town in Texas, with 3,592 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #514 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 72% of them. The median age here is 30.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Sweeny city earn a median of $64,557 a year, 17.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 7.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sweeny city is valued at $180,700, 40.4% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,238 a month, 11.9% below the national figure, or roughly $14,856 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Sweeny city?: Sweeny city has 3,592 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #514 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Sweeny city?: Median household income in Sweeny city is $64,557 a year, 17.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sweeny city?: Median gross rent is $1,238 a month and the median home value is $180,700, so rent absorbs about 23% of median household income.
Is Sweeny city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sweeny city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sweeny city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.