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Sweetwater, FL
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Sweetwater profile


Living in Sweetwater


Sweetwater is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 21,321 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Sweetwater is the 146th largest community in Florida.

Also of interest is that Sweetwater has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.18% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Sweetwater, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.76 minutes every day commuting to work.

The education level of Sweetwater citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.43% of adults in Sweetwater have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sweetwater in 2022 was $24,017, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,068 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. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Sweetwater, accounting for 95.62% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Sweetwater residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sweetwater include Italian, German, Portuguese, Bulgarian, and French.

Sweetwater also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 74.80%.

The most common language spoken in Sweetwater is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Other Asian languages.