Sweet Home is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 10,206 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. 45.19% 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, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Sweet Home who work in healthcare suport services (9.07%), office and administrative support (8.27%), and management occupations (7.60%). A relatively large number of people in Sweet Home telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.77% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sweet Home, the average commute to work is 32.87 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Sweet Home doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Sweet Home, just 9.63% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Sweet Home in 2022 was $30,187, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $120,748 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, Irish, Norwegian, and European. The most common language spoken in Sweet Home is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
