Erick vs Sweetwater

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

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

Erick has the higher population (765 vs 125 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median household income ($63,958 vs $39,000 in Erick). Sweetwater has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $77,100 in Erick).

Population, income & housing

	Erick	Sweetwater
Population	765	125
Median age	31.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,000	$63,958
Median home value	$77,100	$112,500
Median gross rent	$790	—
Housing units	454	70
Homeownership rate	62.2%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erick	Sweetwater
Population	839 → 765 (-8.8%)	98 → 125 (+27.6%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $39,000 (-14.1%)	$28,125 → $63,958 (+127.4%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $77,100 (+18.6%)	$223,200 → $112,500 (-49.6%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $790 (+15.3%)	—

Erick

Population

839765

Median household income

$45,417$39,000

Median home value

$65,000$77,100

Median gross rent

$685$790

Sweetwater

Population

98125

Median household income

$28,125$63,958

Median home value

$223,200$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erick	Sweetwater
Under 5	12.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	32.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	4.0%
35 to 44	18.3%	24.0%
45 to 54	5.2%	17.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	4.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.8%
75 and over	3.7%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erick	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	10.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erick	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	11.1%	1.3%
High school graduate	48.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erick	Sweetwater
Drove alone	66.6%	41.3%
Carpooled	17.2%	9.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	49.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erick	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	81.3%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Erick	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	37.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1968	1976