Culdesac vs Sweetwater

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

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

Culdesac has the higher population (394 vs 168 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median household income ($120,500 vs $46,250 in Culdesac). Sweetwater has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $149,000 in Culdesac).

Population, income & housing

	Culdesac	Sweetwater
Population	394	168
Median age	54.1 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$120,500
Median home value	$149,000	$190,500
Median gross rent	$915	—
Housing units	176	70
Homeownership rate	75.5%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Culdesac	Sweetwater
Population	360 → 394 (+9.4%)	239 → 168 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $46,250 (+12.1%)	$52,917 → $120,500 (+127.7%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $149,000 (+65.6%)	$118,800 → $190,500 (+60.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $915 (+27.6%)	—

Culdesac

Population

360394

Median household income

$41,250$46,250

Median home value

$90,000$149,000

Median gross rent

$717$915

Sweetwater

Population

239168

Median household income

$52,917$120,500

Median home value

$118,800$190,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Culdesac	Sweetwater
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	5.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	2.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	31.0%
55 to 64	26.4%	32.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.3%
75 and over	9.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Culdesac	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	54.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.9%	45.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Culdesac	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	12.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	35.3%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Culdesac	Sweetwater
Drove alone	81.6%	95.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Culdesac	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	49.4%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.6%	45.7%

Poverty & households

	Culdesac	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	30.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	8
Median year structure built	1979	1977