Pinecrest vs Sweetwater

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

Pinecrest 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 18,138 in Pinecrest). Pinecrest has the higher median household income ($192,477 vs $55,154 in Sweetwater). Pinecrest has the higher median home value ($1,179,400 vs $251,000 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Pinecrest	Sweetwater
Population	18,138	19,544
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$192,477	$55,154
Median home value	$1,179,400	$251,000
Median gross rent	$1,916	$1,699
Housing units	6,377	6,419
Homeownership rate	84.5%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinecrest	Sweetwater
Population	19,244 → 18,138 (-5.7%)	20,865 → 19,544 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$156,875 → $192,477 (+22.7%)	$39,920 → $55,154 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$949,400 → $1,179,400 (+24.2%)	$178,700 → $251,000 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,549 → $1,916 (+23.7%)	$1,330 → $1,699 (+27.7%)

Pinecrest

Population

19,24418,138

Median household income

$156,875$192,477

Median home value

$949,400$1,179,400

Median gross rent

$1,549$1,916

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)

	Pinecrest	Sweetwater
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	23.3%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	6.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	17.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.0%
75 and over	6.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinecrest	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	44.9%	2.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	96.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinecrest	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	1.7%	33.2%
High school graduate	8.2%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	40.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinecrest	Sweetwater
Drove alone	63.8%	83.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.5%
Public transit	2.4%	2.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	26.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinecrest	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	77.8%	18.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	15.0%
20 or more units	11.3%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Pinecrest	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	6.3%	16.2%
Average household size	3.02	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1969	1979