Faunsdale vs Sweet Water

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

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

Faunsdale has the higher population (180 vs 157 in Sweet Water). Faunsdale has the higher median household income ($79,773 vs $65,000 in Sweet Water). Sweet Water has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $107,500 in Faunsdale).

Population, income & housing

	Faunsdale	Sweet Water
Population	180	157
Median age	20.8 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,773	$65,000
Median home value	$107,500	$177,800
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	38	105
Homeownership rate	65.8%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Faunsdale	Sweet Water
Population	23 → 180 (+682.6%)	385 → 157 (-59.2%)
Median household income	—	$70,313 → $65,000 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $107,500 (+79.2%)	$123,100 → $177,800 (+44.4%)

Faunsdale

Population

23180

Median home value

$60,000$107,500

Sweet Water

Population

385157

Median household income

$70,313$65,000

Median home value

$123,100$177,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Faunsdale	Sweet Water
Under 5	18.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	3.8%
18 to 24	18.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	18.5%
55 to 64	1.1%	19.7%
65 to 74	0.6%	7.6%
75 and over	10.0%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Faunsdale	Sweet Water
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	96.2%
Black or African American	19.4%	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+

	Faunsdale	Sweet Water
No high school diploma	28.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	32.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Faunsdale	Sweet Water
Drove alone	97.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	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)

	Faunsdale	Sweet Water
1-unit, detached	86.8%	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	13.2%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Faunsdale	Sweet Water
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.1%
Average household size	4.74	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1971	1970