Texas · Census place 71540
Sweetwater city, TX
Quick answer
Sweetwater city has 10,484 residents, ranking #262 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $45,720, the median home is worth $84,000 and median gross rent runs $862 a month.
- Population
- 10,484Sweetwater city residents
- Median household income
- $45,720Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $84,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $862Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 57.4%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 22.6% 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 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 23.4% of residents and 57.4% 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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- Bellmead city 10,550
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- Robstown city 10,222
- Heath city 10,218
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