Myrtlewood vs Sweet Water

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

Myrtlewood 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 102 in Myrtlewood). Myrtlewood has the higher median household income ($93,646 vs $65,000 in Sweet Water). Since 2019, Myrtlewood's population has grown faster (-32.9% vs -59.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtlewood	Sweet Water
Population	102	157
Median age	44.3 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,646	$65,000
Median home value	—	$177,800
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	64	105
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtlewood	Sweet Water
Population	152 → 102 (-32.9%)	385 → 157 (-59.2%)
Median household income	$45,694 → $93,646 (+104.9%)	$70,313 → $65,000 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $55,000 (-24.1%)	$123,100 → $177,800 (+44.4%)

Myrtlewood

Population

152102

Median household income

$45,694$93,646

Median home value

$72,500$55,000

Sweet Water

Population

385157

Median household income

$70,313$65,000

Median home value

$123,100$177,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Myrtlewood	Sweet Water
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	3.9%	3.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	37.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	2.9%	7.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	18.5%
55 to 64	21.6%	19.7%
65 to 74	3.9%	7.6%
75 and over	7.8%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtlewood	Sweet Water
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtlewood	Sweet Water
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	36.7%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtlewood	Sweet Water
Drove alone	100.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Myrtlewood	Sweet Water
1-unit, detached	92.2%	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	7.8%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Myrtlewood	Sweet Water
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.91	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	43	31
Median year structure built	1963	1970