Moving to Sweetwater, Tennessee

About Sweetwater, Tennessee
Sweetwater

Sweetwater is a city in Monroe and McMinn counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the most populous city in Monroe County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,312. Sweetwater is the home of the Craighead Caverns which contains the Lost Sea, the United States' largest underground lake. In 2022, TravelMag named Sweetwater one of Tennessee’s Ten Most Charming Cities.

Gender
Gender Sweetwater Tennessee Country
Female 58.3% 51.2% 50.8%
Male 41.7% 48.8% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Sweetwater Tennessee Country
Less than $10,000 9.5% 6.7% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 7.7% 4.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 17.5% 10% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 10.6% 10.2% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 18.6% 13.9% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 12.9% 18.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 16.4% 12.5% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 5.7% 13.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 0.2% 4.9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 0.89999999999997% 5.1% 8.3%
Education


Education Sweetwater Tennessee Country
< 9th Grade 7% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 10% 8% 7.0%
High School or GED 43% 32% 27.0%
Other College 20% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 7% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 10% 18% 20.0%
Master's Degree 2% 7% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Sweetwater Tennessee Country
White 86.7% 73.4% 60.1%
African American 6.9% 16.5% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 1.9% 1.8% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 2.4% 2.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 2.2% 5.6% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity