Roscoe vs Sweetwater

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

Roscoe 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 1,347 in Roscoe). Roscoe has the higher median household income ($52,935 vs $45,720 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median home value ($84,000 vs $80,700 in Roscoe).

Population, income & housing

	Roscoe	Sweetwater
Population	1,347	10,484
Median age	30.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,935	$45,720
Median home value	$80,700	$84,000
Median gross rent	$1,042	$862
Housing units	577	5,172
Homeownership rate	84.4%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roscoe	Sweetwater
Population	1,361 → 1,347 (-1.0%)	10,626 → 10,484 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$57,857 → $52,935 (-8.5%)	$41,549 → $45,720 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$69,900 → $80,700 (+15.5%)	$68,100 → $84,000 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $1,042 (+45.7%)	$691 → $862 (+24.7%)

Roscoe

Population

1,3611,347

Median household income

$57,857$52,935

Median home value

$69,900$80,700

Median gross rent

$715$1,042

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)

	Roscoe	Sweetwater
Under 5	5.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	25.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	20.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	4.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	5.2%	10.7%
75 and over	10.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roscoe	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	50.4%	47.4%
Black or African American	4.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	44.0%	43.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roscoe	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	10.8%	19.8%
High school graduate	47.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roscoe	Sweetwater
Drove alone	80.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	13.1%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roscoe	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	93.6%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Roscoe	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	13.1%	23.4%
Average household size	2.77	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	14
Median year structure built	1969	1961