Putnam vs Sweet Water

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

Putnam 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 58 in Putnam). Sweet Water has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $46,300 in Putnam). Since 2019, Putnam's population has grown faster (+28.9% vs -59.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Putnam	Sweet Water
Population	58	157
Median age	64.0 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,000
Median home value	$46,300	$177,800
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	77	105
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Putnam	Sweet Water
Population	45 → 58 (+28.9%)	385 → 157 (-59.2%)
Median household income	—	$70,313 → $65,000 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $46,300 (-46.8%)	$123,100 → $177,800 (+44.4%)

Putnam

Population

4558

Median home value

$87,000$46,300

Sweet Water

Population

385157

Median household income

$70,313$65,000

Median home value

$123,100$177,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Putnam	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	20.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	18.5%
55 to 64	29.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	50.0%	7.6%
75 and over	0.0%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Putnam	Sweet Water
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	62.1%	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+

	Putnam	Sweet Water
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	67.2%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Putnam	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)

	Putnam	Sweet Water
1-unit, detached	15.6%	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	84.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Putnam	Sweet Water
Poverty rate	44.8%	5.1%
Average household size	1.35	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1988	1970