Demopolis vs Sweet Water

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

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

Demopolis has the higher population (7,010 vs 157 in Sweet Water). Sweet Water has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $41,457 in Demopolis). Demopolis has the higher median home value ($198,900 vs $177,800 in Sweet Water).

Population, income & housing

	Demopolis	Sweet Water
Population	7,010	157
Median age	43.4 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,457	$65,000
Median home value	$198,900	$177,800
Median gross rent	$687	$775
Housing units	3,707	105
Homeownership rate	52.4%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Demopolis	Sweet Water
Population	6,807 → 7,010 (+3.0%)	385 → 157 (-59.2%)
Median household income	$27,279 → $41,457 (+52.0%)	$70,313 → $65,000 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $198,900 (+69.4%)	$123,100 → $177,800 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $687 (+27.9%)	—

Demopolis

Population

6,8077,010

Median household income

$27,279$41,457

Median home value

$117,400$198,900

Median gross rent

$537$687

Sweet Water

Population

385157

Median household income

$70,313$65,000

Median home value

$123,100$177,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Demopolis	Sweet Water
Under 5	4.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	3.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	18.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.6%
75 and over	8.5%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Demopolis	Sweet Water
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	45.5%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Demopolis	Sweet Water
No high school diploma	12.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	29.6%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Demopolis	Sweet Water
Drove alone	86.1%	80.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Demopolis	Sweet Water
1-unit, detached	65.3%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Demopolis	Sweet Water
Poverty rate	26.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.18	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1976	1970