Matthews vs Sweetser

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

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

Sweetser has the higher population (1,115 vs 517 in Matthews). Sweetser has the higher median household income ($77,578 vs $45,833 in Matthews). Sweetser has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $77,000 in Matthews).

Population, income & housing

	Matthews	Sweetser
Population	517	1,115
Median age	46.1 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,833	$77,578
Median home value	$77,000	$136,300
Median gross rent	$1,040	$1,080
Housing units	252	466
Homeownership rate	72.3%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matthews	Sweetser
Population	622 → 517 (-16.9%)	1,292 → 1,115 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$39,914 → $45,833 (+14.8%)	$58,426 → $77,578 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $77,000 (+16.0%)	$98,400 → $136,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $1,040 (+84.4%)	$697 → $1,080 (+54.9%)

Matthews

Population

622517

Median household income

$39,914$45,833

Median home value

$66,400$77,000

Median gross rent

$564$1,040

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)

	Matthews	Sweetser
Under 5	6.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	23.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	18.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.4%
75 and over	9.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matthews	Sweetser
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matthews	Sweetser
No high school diploma	14.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	54.5%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matthews	Sweetser
Drove alone	86.7%	88.7%
Carpooled	12.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matthews	Sweetser
1-unit, detached	75.0%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Matthews	Sweetser
Poverty rate	24.3%	11.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1965	1967