Sweet Home vs Woodson

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

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

Sweet Home has the higher population (1,206 vs 724 in Woodson). Sweet Home has the higher median home value ($160,300 vs $135,400 in Woodson). Since 2019, Woodson's population has grown faster (+97.8% vs +16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Sweet Home	Woodson
Population	1,206	724
Median age	38.1 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median home value	$160,300	$135,400
Housing units	452	241
Homeownership rate	68.4%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sweet Home	Woodson
Population	1,037 → 1,206 (+16.3%)	366 → 724 (+97.8%)
Median household income	$68,508 → $23,192 (-66.1%)	$26,510 → $37,731 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $160,300 (+107.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$489 → $536 (+9.6%)	—

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

Woodson

Population

366724

Median household income

$26,510$37,731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sweet Home	Woodson
Under 5	11.2%	9.9%
5 to 17	7.3%	6.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	23.1%	22.1%
35 to 44	5.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	24.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	5.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	16.4%
75 and over	3.6%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sweet Home	Woodson
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	12.7%
Black or African American	59.9%	87.3%
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	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sweet Home	Woodson
No high school diploma	5.2%	31.3%
High school graduate	54.3%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sweet Home	Woodson
Drove alone	85.3%	62.5%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	25.0%
Other means	0.0%	12.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sweet Home	Woodson
1-unit, detached	71.2%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	28.8%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Sweet Home	Woodson
Poverty rate	41.3%	31.4%
Average household size	2.89	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1975	1991