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Sweetwater, TN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sweetwater, TN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 14,979. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SWEETWATER-TN · Sweetwater, TN 1 ZIPs · 14,979 pop · #20510/25278 · Monroe County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $53,605
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20510/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Madisonville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-TOWN 14,979
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $191,300

Nearest income peer: Madisonville, TN (+ $945 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Sweetwater

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sweetwater on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Sweetwater, TN sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

19th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
14,979
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,605
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($53,605 average) · poverty 15.8%. The primary code (37874) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Sweetwater as a pure owner town.

Within Tennessee, Selmer is the closest lower-income city and Bybee the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sweetwater.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 37874, is all of Sweetwater

There is no split to weigh here: 37874 holds every one of Sweetwater's 14,979 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Sweetwater's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 276 establishments, 4,194 employees , annual payroll $173,710k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 37874 (276 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (58) · also Accommodation and food services · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Sweetwater, TN

These ZIP codes sit in Monroe County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sweetwater. See the Monroe County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Monroe County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Sweetwater, Tellico Plains and Vonore among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Vonore marks the far end of that range at $78,793, 47% above Sweetwater.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
37874 14,979 $53,605 276 57
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Sweetwater roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Sweetwater, .