Sweet Home is a somewhat small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 10,090 people and three associated neighborhoods, Sweet Home is the 58th largest community in Oregon.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Sweet Home is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.75% of the Sweet Home workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Sweet Home is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sweet Home who work in office and administrative support (9.57%), healthcare suport services (7.27%), and maintenance occupations (5.83%). Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Sweet Home is worth considering. One downside of living in Sweet Home, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.01 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small city, Sweet Home doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Sweet Home have a very low rate of college education: just 8.78% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Sweet Home in 2022 was $28,349, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,396 for a family of four. However, Sweet Home contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sweet Home is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sweet Home home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sweet Home residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sweet Home include German, English, European, Irish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Sweet Home is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
