Sweet Home vs Wrightsville

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

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

Wrightsville has the higher population (1,409 vs 1,206 in Sweet Home). Sweet Home has the higher median home value ($160,300 vs $62,400 in Wrightsville). Since 2019, Sweet Home's population has grown faster (+16.3% vs -18.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Sweet Home	Wrightsville
Population	1,206	1,409
Median age	38.1 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$45,104
Median home value	$160,300	$62,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,071
Housing units	452	337
Homeownership rate	68.4%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sweet Home	Wrightsville
Population	1,037 → 1,206 (+16.3%)	1,732 → 1,409 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$68,508 → $23,192 (-66.1%)	$24,091 → $45,104 (+87.2%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $160,300 (+107.4%)	$78,600 → $62,400 (-20.6%)
Median gross rent	$489 → $536 (+9.6%)	$675 → $1,071 (+58.7%)

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

Wrightsville

Population

1,7321,409

Median household income

$24,091$45,104

Median home value

$78,600$62,400

Median gross rent

$675$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sweet Home	Wrightsville
Under 5	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.3%	3.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	23.1%	22.1%
35 to 44	5.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	24.9%	20.9%
55 to 64	5.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.1%
75 and over	3.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sweet Home	Wrightsville
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	39.2%
Black or African American	59.9%	51.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sweet Home	Wrightsville
No high school diploma	5.2%	15.4%
High school graduate	54.3%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sweet Home	Wrightsville
Drove alone	85.3%	82.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sweet Home	Wrightsville
1-unit, detached	71.2%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	30.0%

Poverty & households

	Sweet Home	Wrightsville
Poverty rate	41.3%	24.5%
Average household size	2.89	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1975	1979