Sweeny is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,556 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sweeny is the 467th largest community in Texas.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Sweeny is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.23% of the Sweeny workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Sweeny is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sweeny who work in sales jobs (22.01%), office and administrative support (12.31%), and maintenance occupations (7.89%). There are many members of the armed forces living in Sweeny. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.36% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Sweeny is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Sweeny who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.85% of the adults in Sweeny have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Sweeny in 2022 was $35,250, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,000 for a family of four. However, Sweeny contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sweeny is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sweeny home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sweeny residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sweeny also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sweeny include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Sweeny is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
