It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Sweetwater has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Sweetwater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sweetwater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sweetwater may be for you.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.82 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small city, Sweetwater doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Sweetwater is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.01% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sweetwater in 2022 was $27,390, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,560 for a family of four. However, Sweetwater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sweetwater is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sweetwater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sweetwater residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sweetwater also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 43.42% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sweetwater include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Sweetwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
