Sweetwater 37874

61Moderate priority

Part of Monroe County · Rest of Tennessee · Tennessee · ranked #347 of 1,274 across the two states

Population now

16,640

162 per sq mi

Growth, last 5 years

+1,437

+9.4%

Projected next 5 years

+2,459

+2.8% a year → 19,099

Nearest Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) church

0.3 mi

Victory Praise Church of God

Population, 2013 to 2028

Solid history from ACS five-year estimates, plotted at each window’s end-year; the next five years follow the official county projection, apportioned to this ZIP area by population share.

Why this scores 61.2

Growth — are people moving here?56 · weight 86%

+1,437 in five years, +2,459 projected

Viability — enough people to sustain a plant?96 · weight 14%

16,640 residents today

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) coverage — context, not in the score

5 Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) churches within 12 mi, 3,328 people each. Nearest church 0.3 mi. By the owner's ruling, how near a Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) church is carries no weight in the score.

Within 3.1 mi: 1
Within 6.2 mi: 2
Within 12 mi: 5

Who lives here

Population makeup

The five parts add to the 16,640 people who live here. “Hispanic or Latino” is the Census term and counts people of any race; the other four are the not-Hispanic population by race.

White, not Hispanic: 84.5%; 14,053
Hispanic or Latino: 6.7%; 1,113
Other, not Hispanic: 5.9%; 983
Black, not Hispanic: 2.4%; 395
Asian, not Hispanic: 0.6%; 96

Age, money, schooling, home and language

Median age: 41.6 yrs
Households with children: 29.4%; 2,048 of 6,967 households
Median household income: $52,912
Income per person: $28,513
Below the poverty level: 16.2%; 2,665 of the 16,470 people poverty status is determined for
Unemployed: 6.1%; 465 of a labor force of 7,607
High school or higher: 87.2%; of 12,011 residents aged 25 and over
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 14.9%; of 12,011 residents aged 25 and over
Spanish spoken at home: 5.1%; 803 people aged 5 and over, 339 of them speaking English less than “very well”
Foreign-born: 2.6%; 433 residents
Owner-occupied homes: 66.4%; 4,629 owned, 2,338 rented
Median home value: $171,900; median gross rent $635

What these numbers are. ACS 2019–2023 five-year estimates by ZIP area. Medians are ZIP-level medians, not averages. They are estimates, not a headcount, and every one carries a margin of error — a small figure in a single ZIP area is indicative, not exact. An em dash means the Census Bureau publishes no estimate for this ZIP area; it never means zero.

Nearest Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) churches

Distance	Church	City	Contact
0.3 mi	Victory Praise Church of God	Sweetwater 37874	(423) 371-3879
5.1 mi	New Harvest Worship Center	Philadelphia 37846	(423) 280-8934
7.2 mi	Hiwassee	Madisonville 37354	Website
9.4 mi	Madisonville	Madisonville 37354	(423) 545-9152
9.8 mi	Iglesia Cristiana Centro de Restauracion Espiritual	Loudon 37774	(865) 271-8824
13 mi	Athens-Woodward Avenue	Athens 37303	Website · (423) 745-618
15 mi	Englewood	Englewood 37329	Website · (423) 887-5901
15 mi	Watts Bar	Decatur 37322	Website · (423) 334-9823