Sweetser vs Upland

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

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

Upland has the higher population (3,935 vs 1,115 in Sweetser). Sweetser has the higher median household income ($77,578 vs $74,663 in Upland). Upland has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $136,300 in Sweetser).

Population, income & housing

	Sweetser	Upland
Population	1,115	3,935
Median age	37.7 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,578	$74,663
Median home value	$136,300	$170,800
Median gross rent	$1,080	$800
Housing units	466	1,095
Homeownership rate	83.6%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sweetser	Upland
Population	1,292 → 1,115 (-13.7%)	3,733 → 3,935 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$58,426 → $77,578 (+32.8%)	$56,364 → $74,663 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $136,300 (+38.5%)	$128,300 → $170,800 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $1,080 (+54.9%)	$611 → $800 (+30.9%)

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

Upland

Population

3,7333,935

Median household income

$56,364$74,663

Median home value

$128,300$170,800

Median gross rent

$611$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sweetser	Upland
Under 5	5.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	23.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	38.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	17.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	7.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.6%
75 and over	5.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sweetser	Upland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sweetser	Upland
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	32.2%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sweetser	Upland
Drove alone	88.7%	54.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.3%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sweetser	Upland
1-unit, detached	93.3%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Sweetser	Upland
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1967	1973