Gas City vs Sweetser

A side-by-side comparison of Gas City and Sweetser: population, income, housing, and more.

Gas City and Sweetser are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gas City has the higher population (6,097 vs 1,115 in Sweetser). Sweetser has the higher median household income ($77,578 vs $57,106 in Gas City). Sweetser has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $122,800 in Gas City).

Population, income & housing

	Gas City	Sweetser
Population	6,097	1,115
Median age	45.1 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,106	$77,578
Median home value	$122,800	$136,300
Median gross rent	$858	$1,080
Housing units	2,781	466
Homeownership rate	72.9%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gas City	Sweetser
Population	5,802 → 6,097 (+5.1%)	1,292 → 1,115 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$42,454 → $57,106 (+34.5%)	$58,426 → $77,578 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $122,800 (+38.6%)	$98,400 → $136,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $858 (+3.9%)	$697 → $1,080 (+54.9%)

Gas City

Population

5,8026,097

Median household income

$42,454$57,106

Median home value

$88,600$122,800

Median gross rent

$826$858

Sweetser

Population

1,2921,115

Median household income

$58,426$77,578

Median home value

$98,400$136,300

Median gross rent

$697$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gas City	Sweetser
Under 5	4.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	23.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	16.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.4%
75 and over	13.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gas City	Sweetser
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gas City	Sweetser
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	42.4%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gas City	Sweetser
Drove alone	79.3%	88.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gas City	Sweetser
1-unit, detached	89.9%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Gas City	Sweetser
Poverty rate	17.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1962	1967