Elwood vs Sweetwater

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

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

Elwood has the higher population (920 vs 805 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median household income ($104,191 vs $68,698 in Elwood). Sweetwater has the higher median home value ($521,500 vs $170,300 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Sweetwater
Population	920	805
Median age	62.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,698	$104,191
Median home value	$170,300	$521,500
Housing units	445	265
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Sweetwater
Population	1,041 → 920 (-11.6%)	947 → 805 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$78,460 → $68,698 (-12.4%)	$85,453 → $104,191 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $170,300 (-22.2%)	$237,200 → $521,500 (+119.9%)

Elwood

Population

1,041920

Median household income

$78,460$68,698

Median home value

$218,800$170,300

Sweetwater

Population

947805

Median household income

$85,453$104,191

Median home value

$237,200$521,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Sweetwater
Under 5	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.2%
18 to 24	1.2%	21.1%
25 to 34	1.6%	4.3%
35 to 44	7.9%	7.1%
45 to 54	20.2%	22.9%
55 to 64	25.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	35.8%	0.0%
75 and over	6.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	16.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	37.9%	13.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Sweetwater
Drove alone	85.5%	91.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.8%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	94.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	8.2%	0.0%
Average household size	1.86	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1972	1974