Slater vs Sweet Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Slater and Sweet Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Slater and Sweet Springs are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Slater has the higher population (2,144 vs 1,299 in Sweet Springs). Sweet Springs has the higher median household income ($46,111 vs $40,313 in Slater). Sweet Springs has the higher median home value ($92,000 vs $82,500 in Slater).

Population, income & housing

	Slater	Sweet Springs
Population	2,144	1,299
Median age	40.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,313	$46,111
Median home value	$82,500	$92,000
Median gross rent	$496	$717
Housing units	1,039	589
Homeownership rate	59.8%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Slater	Sweet Springs
Population	2,057 → 2,144 (+4.2%)	1,399 → 1,299 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$32,115 → $40,313 (+25.5%)	$41,458 → $46,111 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $82,500 (+28.3%)	$72,900 → $92,000 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $496 (-14.2%)	$644 → $717 (+11.3%)

Slater

Population

2,0572,144

Median household income

$32,115$40,313

Median home value

$64,300$82,500

Median gross rent

$578$496

Sweet Springs

Population

1,3991,299

Median household income

$41,458$46,111

Median home value

$72,900$92,000

Median gross rent

$644$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Slater	Sweet Springs
Under 5	10.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	5.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	6.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	7.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.7%
75 and over	9.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Slater	Sweet Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	90.9%
Black or African American	13.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Slater	Sweet Springs
No high school diploma	16.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	42.5%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Slater	Sweet Springs
Drove alone	81.4%	74.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Slater	Sweet Springs
1-unit, detached	75.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	12.1%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Slater	Sweet Springs
Poverty rate	22.5%	15.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1965	1966