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.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.18% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sweetwater, the average commute to work is 30.76 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of Sweetwater are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.43% of adults in Sweetwater having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
In addition, Sweetwater has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (74.80%).
The most common language spoken in Sweetwater is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Other Asian languages.