Nanafalia vs Sweet Water

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

Nanafalia 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 16 in Nanafalia). Since 2019, Nanafalia's population has grown faster (-44.8% vs -59.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Nanafalia	Sweet Water
Population	16	157
Median age	58.8 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,000
Median home value	—	$177,800
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	37	105
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanafalia	Sweet Water
Population	29 → 16 (-44.8%)	385 → 157 (-59.2%)
Median household income	—	$70,313 → $65,000 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $161,800 (-3.4%)	$123,100 → $177,800 (+44.4%)

Nanafalia

Population

2916

Median home value

$167,500$161,800

Sweet Water

Population

385157

Median household income

$70,313$65,000

Median home value

$123,100$177,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nanafalia	Sweet Water
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	31.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	18.5%
55 to 64	56.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	7.6%
75 and over	0.0%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanafalia	Sweet Water
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanafalia	Sweet Water
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	25.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanafalia	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)

	Nanafalia	Sweet Water
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Nanafalia	Sweet Water
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.67	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	—	1970