Richland vs Sweetwater

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

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

Richland has the higher population (859 vs 805 in Sweetwater). Richland has the higher median household income ($152,525 vs $104,191 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median home value ($521,500 vs $235,600 in Richland).

Population, income & housing

	Richland	Sweetwater
Population	859	805
Median age	55.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$152,525	$104,191
Median home value	$235,600	$521,500
Housing units	341	265
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland	Sweetwater
Population	403 → 859 (+113.2%)	947 → 805 (-15.0%)
Median household income	—	$85,453 → $104,191 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$236,500 → $235,600 (-0.4%)	$237,200 → $521,500 (+119.9%)

Richland

Population

403859

Median home value

$236,500$235,600

Sweetwater

Population

947805

Median household income

$85,453$104,191

Median home value

$237,200$521,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richland	Sweetwater
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	24.2%
18 to 24	2.8%	21.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	4.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	7.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	22.9%
55 to 64	34.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.2%	0.0%
75 and over	9.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	9.3%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	17.0%	13.6%
High school graduate	37.2%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland	Sweetwater
Drove alone	53.6%	91.2%
Carpooled	24.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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

	Richland	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.96	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1962	1974