Sweetwater vs The Crossings

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

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

The Crossings has the higher population (22,359 vs 19,544 in Sweetwater). The Crossings has the higher median household income ($83,643 vs $55,154 in Sweetwater). The Crossings has the higher median home value ($414,300 vs $251,000 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Sweetwater	The Crossings
Population	19,544	22,359
Median age	41.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,154	$83,643
Median home value	$251,000	$414,300
Median gross rent	$1,699	$1,879
Housing units	6,419	8,430
Homeownership rate	39.5%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sweetwater	The Crossings
Population	20,865 → 19,544 (-6.3%)	22,441 → 22,359 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$39,920 → $55,154 (+38.2%)	$76,376 → $83,643 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$178,700 → $251,000 (+40.5%)	$297,400 → $414,300 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,330 → $1,699 (+27.7%)	$1,723 → $1,879 (+9.1%)

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

The Crossings

Population

22,44122,359

Median household income

$76,376$83,643

Median home value

$297,400$414,300

Median gross rent

$1,723$1,879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sweetwater	The Crossings
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	17.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.6%
75 and over	6.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sweetwater	The Crossings
White (non-Hispanic)	2.4%	25.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	96.2%	67.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sweetwater	The Crossings
No high school diploma	33.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sweetwater	The Crossings
Drove alone	83.1%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.4%
Public transit	2.1%	1.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.4%	11.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sweetwater	The Crossings
1-unit, detached	18.4%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	21.2%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	20.0%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Sweetwater	The Crossings
Poverty rate	16.2%	8.6%
Average household size	3.11	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1979	1981