Hialeah Gardens vs Sweetwater

A side-by-side comparison of Hialeah Gardens and Sweetwater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hialeah Gardens has the higher population (22,634 vs 19,544 in Sweetwater). Hialeah Gardens has the higher median household income ($60,855 vs $55,154 in Sweetwater). Hialeah Gardens has the higher median home value ($319,200 vs $251,000 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Hialeah Gardens	Sweetwater
Population	22,634	19,544
Median age	43.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,855	$55,154
Median home value	$319,200	$251,000
Median gross rent	$1,798	$1,699
Housing units	7,443	6,419
Homeownership rate	60.1%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hialeah Gardens	Sweetwater
Population	23,709 → 22,634 (-4.5%)	20,865 → 19,544 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$53,423 → $60,855 (+13.9%)	$39,920 → $55,154 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$208,900 → $319,200 (+52.8%)	$178,700 → $251,000 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,523 → $1,798 (+18.1%)	$1,330 → $1,699 (+27.7%)

Hialeah Gardens

Population

23,70922,634

Median household income

$53,423$60,855

Median home value

$208,900$319,200

Median gross rent

$1,523$1,798

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)

	Hialeah Gardens	Sweetwater
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	17.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.0%
75 and over	9.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hialeah Gardens	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	3.6%	2.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	96.2%	96.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hialeah Gardens	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	20.4%	33.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hialeah Gardens	Sweetwater
Drove alone	75.9%	83.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.7%	2.1%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.4%	5.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hialeah Gardens	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	39.8%	18.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	15.0%
20 or more units	27.6%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Hialeah Gardens	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	15.2%	16.2%
Average household size	3.03	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1992	1979