Sunny Isles Beach vs Sweetwater

A side-by-side comparison of Sunny Isles Beach and Sweetwater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunny Isles Beach has the higher population (22,125 vs 19,544 in Sweetwater). Sunny Isles Beach has the higher median household income ($59,124 vs $55,154 in Sweetwater). Sunny Isles Beach has the higher median home value ($489,700 vs $251,000 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Sunny Isles Beach	Sweetwater
Population	22,125	19,544
Median age	48.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,124	$55,154
Median home value	$489,700	$251,000
Median gross rent	$2,002	$1,699
Housing units	20,079	6,419
Homeownership rate	53.5%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunny Isles Beach	Sweetwater
Population	21,942 → 22,125 (+0.8%)	20,865 → 19,544 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$55,350 → $59,124 (+6.8%)	$39,920 → $55,154 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$359,900 → $489,700 (+36.1%)	$178,700 → $251,000 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,610 → $2,002 (+24.3%)	$1,330 → $1,699 (+27.7%)

Sunny Isles Beach

Population

21,94222,125

Median household income

$55,350$59,124

Median home value

$359,900$489,700

Median gross rent

$1,610$2,002

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)

	Sunny Isles Beach	Sweetwater
Under 5	3.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.2%
25 to 34	9.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	17.2%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.6%	9.0%
75 and over	10.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunny Isles Beach	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	46.6%	2.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	46.3%	96.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunny Isles Beach	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	6.0%	33.2%
High school graduate	17.0%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunny Isles Beach	Sweetwater
Drove alone	64.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	6.5%
Public transit	2.8%	2.1%
Walked	3.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.0%	5.4%
Other means	3.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunny Isles Beach	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	2.2%	18.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	15.0%
20 or more units	94.0%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Sunny Isles Beach	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	13.4%	16.2%
Average household size	2.15	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1981	1979