Dayton vs Sweet Water

A side-by-side comparison of Dayton and Sweet Water: population, income, housing, and more.

Dayton and Sweet Water are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sweet Water has the higher population (157 vs 66 in Dayton). Sweet Water has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $91,700 in Dayton). Since 2019, Dayton's population has grown faster (+112.9% vs -59.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Sweet Water
Population	66	157
Median age	40.5 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,000
Median home value	$91,700	$177,800
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	23	105
Homeownership rate	70.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	27.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Sweet Water
Population	31 → 66 (+112.9%)	385 → 157 (-59.2%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $53,125 (+37.1%)	$70,313 → $65,000 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $91,700 (+22.3%)	$123,100 → $177,800 (+44.4%)

Dayton

Population

3166

Median household income

$38,750$53,125

Median home value

$75,000$91,700

Sweet Water

Population

385157

Median household income

$70,313$65,000

Median home value

$123,100$177,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Sweet Water
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	3.8%
18 to 24	30.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	40.9%	18.5%
55 to 64	1.5%	19.7%
65 to 74	4.5%	7.6%
75 and over	3.0%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Sweet Water
White (non-Hispanic)	16.7%	96.2%
Black or African American	83.3%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Sweet Water
No high school diploma	47.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	34.2%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Sweet Water
Drove alone	29.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	70.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Sweet Water
1-unit, detached	65.2%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.8%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Sweet Water
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.1%
Average household size	6.60	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	41	31
Median year structure built	1975	1970