City safety & data profile
SweetwaterTX
Sweetwater, TX is a 11K-resident city in Nolan County with a median household income of $44,892.
Nolan County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sweetwater, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sweetwater has a population larger than 5% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $80,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 11K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 6%
- By size
- $44,892
- Median income (place)
- $80,800
- Median home (place)
- 28.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Sweetwater
Sweetwater posts a median household income higher than 4% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Sweetwater area.
- Bottom 5%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Sweetwater
Composite score · Sweetwater, TX
10/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Curious how Sweetwater stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Sweetwater income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$44,892 Bottom 4% higher than 4% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in TX
244 TX places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.
- Houston
Houston, TX
2,314,157 residents
- San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
1,526,656 residents
- Dallas
Dallas, TX
1,326,087 residents
- Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX
1,008,106 residents
- Austin
Austin, TX
974,447 residents
- El Paso 678,815
El Paso, TX
678,815 residents
- Arlington 388,125
Arlington, TX
388,125 residents
- Corpus Christi 316,239
Corpus Christi, TX
316,239 residents
- Plano 283,558
Plano, TX
283,558 residents
- Laredo 256,153
Laredo, TX
256,153 residents
What this shows Houston tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Southlake instead.
Top earners by city in TX
Median household income across 244 tracked TX places. Hover a bar for its population rank.
- Southlake
Southlake, TX
$250,001 median
- University Park
University Park, TX
$250,001 median
- West University Place
West University Place, TX
$250,001 median
- Bellaire
Bellaire, TX
$244,015 median
- Colleyville
Colleyville, TX
$218,328 median
- Trophy Club
Trophy Club, TX
$201,054 median
- Prosper
Prosper, TX
$195,281 median
- Lakeway
Lakeway, TX
$190,060 median
- Murphy
Murphy, TX
$175,699 median
- Keller
Keller, TX
$174,950 median
What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Sweetwater, TX beyond the headline numbers
Sweetwater sits inside Nolan County, Texas, at roughly 32.47°N, -100.41°W. Population 10,809, $44,892 median household income. Median home value $80,800, median rent $907. Poverty rate 28.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Sweetwater, 0 with an ER. Climate: 63.6°F annual average, 21.3" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 24.6% in Sweetwater, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
28.1% of Sweetwater, TX residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Sweetwater runs about 1.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 3.6% of Sweetwater workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
14.1% of Sweetwater adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
6.9% unemployment puts Sweetwater in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
A typical renter in Sweetwater, TX pays $907/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
Public transit carries 0% of Sweetwater workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sweetwater from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Nolan County): Sweetwater's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economic Snapshot
The clearest outlier in Sweetwater's numbers is poverty rate: 28.1%, which is 127% above what's typical across the tracked-city set. A second figure worth noting: median household income at $44,892, 50% below the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 28.1% +127% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 6.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 14.1% |
| Work From Home | 3.6% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
By the Numbers
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsFlood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-level18 flood insurance claims have been filed in Nolan County since 2016, with $753K paid out by the NFIP.
No single named event dominates this county's claim history: most are individual, unnamed flood losses.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Sweetwater?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Sweetwater right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet TX-SWEETWATER-TX · Sweetwater
Sweetwater: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.
- VOL-TRACE 2 on record
- WX-LED 100% weather
- DESK-MIX NOAA
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose
Tagged alert mix: Sweetwater
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
2
What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Sweetwater.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Sweetwater; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology
Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
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Questions & Answers 8
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Sweetwater, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (28.1% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($44,892 here).
Compare Sweetwater with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
In the Area 8
Turning this into a research checklist
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Sweetwater area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Sweetwater against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Nolan County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-21.