One of the benefits of Sweetwater is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.08 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Sweetwater does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Sweetwater with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.99% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sweetwater in 2018 was $25,087, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,348 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 44.98% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sweetwater include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Sweetwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
