Glenvar Heights vs Sweetwater

A side-by-side comparison of Glenvar Heights and Sweetwater: population, income, housing, and more.

Glenvar Heights and Sweetwater are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sweetwater has the higher population (19,544 vs 18,488 in Glenvar Heights). Glenvar Heights has the higher median household income ($71,067 vs $55,154 in Sweetwater). Glenvar Heights has the higher median home value ($496,200 vs $251,000 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Glenvar Heights	Sweetwater
Population	18,488	19,544
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,067	$55,154
Median home value	$496,200	$251,000
Median gross rent	$1,883	$1,699
Housing units	9,719	6,419
Homeownership rate	46.7%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenvar Heights	Sweetwater
Population	17,065 → 18,488 (+8.3%)	20,865 → 19,544 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$63,627 → $71,067 (+11.7%)	$39,920 → $55,154 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$385,200 → $496,200 (+28.8%)	$178,700 → $251,000 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $1,883 (+33.1%)	$1,330 → $1,699 (+27.7%)

Glenvar Heights

Population

17,06518,488

Median household income

$63,627$71,067

Median home value

$385,200$496,200

Median gross rent

$1,415$1,883

Sweetwater

Population

20,86519,544

Median household income

$39,920$55,154

Median home value

$178,700$251,000

Median gross rent

$1,330$1,699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenvar Heights	Sweetwater
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.0%
75 and over	9.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenvar Heights	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	24.3%	2.4%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	67.8%	96.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenvar Heights	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	6.9%	33.2%
High school graduate	14.9%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenvar Heights	Sweetwater
Drove alone	74.9%	83.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.5%
Public transit	3.5%	2.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.7%	5.4%
Other means	0.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenvar Heights	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	23.0%	18.4%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	15.0%
20 or more units	50.9%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Glenvar Heights	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	12.4%	16.2%
Average household size	2.07	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1978	1979