Carter vs Sweetwater

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

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

Carter has the higher population (193 vs 125 in Sweetwater). Carter has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $63,958 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $71,500 in Carter).

Population, income & housing

	Carter	Sweetwater
Population	193	125
Median age	41.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$63,958
Median home value	$71,500	$112,500
Median gross rent	$700	—
Housing units	105	70
Homeownership rate	83.3%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter	Sweetwater
Population	228 → 193 (-15.4%)	98 → 125 (+27.6%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $70,500 (+63.5%)	$28,125 → $63,958 (+127.4%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $71,500 (-5.7%)	$223,200 → $112,500 (-49.6%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $700 (-24.7%)	—

Carter

Population

228193

Median household income

$43,125$70,500

Median home value

$75,800$71,500

Median gross rent

$930$700

Sweetwater

Population

98125

Median household income

$28,125$63,958

Median home value

$223,200$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter	Sweetwater
Under 5	9.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	20.7%	32.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	2.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	24.0%
45 to 54	20.2%	17.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	4.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.8%
75 and over	2.1%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.7%	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	25.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	13.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	47.0%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter	Sweetwater
Drove alone	94.7%	41.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	49.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	86.7%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Carter	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	22.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.92	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1951	1976