Sweet Water vs Thomaston

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

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

Thomaston has the higher population (421 vs 157 in Sweet Water). Sweet Water has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $50,625 in Thomaston). Sweet Water has the higher median home value ($177,800 vs $82,100 in Thomaston).

Population, income & housing

	Sweet Water	Thomaston
Population	157	421
Median age	51.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$50,625
Median home value	$177,800	$82,100
Median gross rent	$775	$1,150
Housing units	105	254
Homeownership rate	90.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sweet Water	Thomaston
Population	385 → 157 (-59.2%)	380 → 421 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$70,313 → $65,000 (-7.6%)	$38,125 → $50,625 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$123,100 → $177,800 (+44.4%)	$61,800 → $82,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$932 → $1,150 (+23.4%)

Sweet Water

Population

385157

Median household income

$70,313$65,000

Median home value

$123,100$177,800

Thomaston

Population

380421

Median household income

$38,125$50,625

Median home value

$61,800$82,100

Median gross rent

$932$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sweet Water	Thomaston
Under 5	5.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	3.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	18.3%
45 to 54	18.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	19.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.6%
75 and over	18.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sweet Water	Thomaston
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	41.3%
Black or African American	3.8%	57.7%
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%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sweet Water	Thomaston
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sweet Water	Thomaston
Drove alone	80.6%	61.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	38.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sweet Water	Thomaston
1-unit, detached	90.5%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Sweet Water	Thomaston
Poverty rate	5.1%	30.6%
Average household size	1.96	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1970	1968