McAlmont vs Sweet Home

A side-by-side comparison of McAlmont and Sweet Home: population, income, housing, and more.

McAlmont and Sweet Home are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McAlmont has the higher population (1,473 vs 1,206 in Sweet Home). McAlmont has the higher median home value ($215,800 vs $160,300 in Sweet Home). Since 2019, Sweet Home's population has grown faster (+16.3% vs -22.2%).

Population, income & housing

	McAlmont	Sweet Home
Population	1,473	1,206
Median age	31.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,231	—
Median home value	$215,800	$160,300
Median gross rent	$1,026	—
Housing units	916	452
Homeownership rate	59.3%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	22.4%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McAlmont	Sweet Home
Population	1,894 → 1,473 (-22.2%)	1,037 → 1,206 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$31,442 → $32,231 (+2.5%)	$68,508 → $23,192 (-66.1%)
Median home value	$111,100 → $215,800 (+94.2%)	$77,300 → $160,300 (+107.4%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $1,026 (+37.9%)	$489 → $536 (+9.6%)

McAlmont

Population

1,8941,473

Median household income

$31,442$32,231

Median home value

$111,100$215,800

Median gross rent

$744$1,026

Sweet Home

Population

1,0371,206

Median household income

$68,508$23,192

Median home value

$77,300$160,300

Median gross rent

$489$536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McAlmont	Sweet Home
Under 5	14.8%	11.2%
5 to 17	21.6%	7.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	17.7%	23.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	24.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	5.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	11.6%
75 and over	5.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McAlmont	Sweet Home
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	28.8%
Black or African American	81.9%	59.9%
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	13.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McAlmont	Sweet Home
No high school diploma	17.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	3.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McAlmont	Sweet Home
Drove alone	44.8%	85.3%
Carpooled	27.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McAlmont	Sweet Home
1-unit, detached	60.5%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	McAlmont	Sweet Home
Poverty rate	41.5%	41.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1988	1975