Blackwell vs Sweetwater

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

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

Sweetwater has the higher population (10,484 vs 233 in Blackwell). Blackwell has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $45,720 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median home value ($84,000 vs $78,600 in Blackwell).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwell	Sweetwater
Population	233	10,484
Median age	41.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$45,720
Median home value	$78,600	$84,000
Median gross rent	$717	$862
Housing units	119	5,172
Homeownership rate	71.7%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwell	Sweetwater
Population	201 → 233 (+15.9%)	10,626 → 10,484 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$41,071 → $67,500 (+64.3%)	$41,549 → $45,720 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$46,800 → $78,600 (+67.9%)	$68,100 → $84,000 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$505 → $717 (+42.0%)	$691 → $862 (+24.7%)

Blackwell

Population

201233

Median household income

$41,071$67,500

Median home value

$46,800$78,600

Median gross rent

$505$717

Sweetwater

Population

10,62610,484

Median household income

$41,549$45,720

Median home value

$68,100$84,000

Median gross rent

$691$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwell	Sweetwater
Under 5	8.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	21.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	17.2%	10.7%
75 and over	6.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwell	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	47.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
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%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	43.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwell	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	8.5%	19.8%
High school graduate	22.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwell	Sweetwater
Drove alone	62.7%	77.9%
Carpooled	23.7%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	13.6%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwell	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	77.3%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Blackwell	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	8.6%	23.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	38	14
Median year structure built	1963	1961