Providence vs Sweet Water

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

Providence 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 101 in Providence). Sweet Water has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $48,750 in Providence). Sweet Water has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $150,000 in Providence).

Population, income & housing

	Providence	Sweet Water
Population	101	157
Median age	65.9 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$65,000
Median home value	$150,000	$177,800
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	95	105
Homeownership rate	89.7%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Providence	Sweet Water
Population	158 → 101 (-36.1%)	385 → 157 (-59.2%)
Median household income	$57,250 → $48,750 (-14.8%)	$70,313 → $65,000 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $150,000 (+41.1%)	$123,100 → $177,800 (+44.4%)

Providence

Population

158101

Median household income

$57,250$48,750

Median home value

$106,300$150,000

Sweet Water

Population

385157

Median household income

$70,313$65,000

Median home value

$123,100$177,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Providence	Sweet Water
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	1.0%	3.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	5.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	2.0%	7.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	18.5%
55 to 64	30.7%	19.7%
65 to 74	22.8%	7.6%
75 and over	30.7%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Providence	Sweet Water
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	96.2%
Black or African American	5.9%	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	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Providence	Sweet Water
No high school diploma	18.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	48.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Providence	Sweet Water
Drove alone	96.7%	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	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Providence	Sweet Water
1-unit, detached	61.1%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Providence	Sweet Water
Poverty rate	17.8%	5.1%
Average household size	1.74	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1979	1970