Pinewood vs Sweetwater

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

Pinewood 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 17,427 in Pinewood). Sweetwater has the higher median household income ($55,154 vs $47,551 in Pinewood). Pinewood has the higher median home value ($315,400 vs $251,000 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Pinewood	Sweetwater
Population	17,427	19,544
Median age	40.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,551	$55,154
Median home value	$315,400	$251,000
Median gross rent	$1,460	$1,699
Housing units	5,956	6,419
Homeownership rate	38.0%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinewood	Sweetwater
Population	17,542 → 17,427 (-0.7%)	20,865 → 19,544 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$35,352 → $47,551 (+34.5%)	$39,920 → $55,154 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $315,400 (+72.5%)	$178,700 → $251,000 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,460 (+33.8%)	$1,330 → $1,699 (+27.7%)

Pinewood

Population

17,54217,427

Median household income

$35,352$47,551

Median home value

$182,800$315,400

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,460

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)

	Pinewood	Sweetwater
Under 5	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.6%	17.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.0%
75 and over	6.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinewood	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	2.0%	2.4%
Black or African American	67.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	96.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinewood	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	26.8%	33.2%
High school graduate	39.9%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinewood	Sweetwater
Drove alone	75.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.5%
Public transit	6.6%	2.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	1.6%	5.4%
Other means	4.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinewood	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	44.1%	18.4%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	15.0%
20 or more units	24.9%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Pinewood	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	22.5%	16.2%
Average household size	3.07	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1963	1979