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!) Sweet Home 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. Sweet Home has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sweet Home than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sweet Home may be for you.
In Sweet Home, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.91 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Sweet Home doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Sweet Home is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.30% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sweet Home in 2022 was $30,957, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,828 for a family of four. However, Sweet Home contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Sweet Home home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sweet Home residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sweet Home include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Sweet Home is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
