What is the median home value in Sweetwater, NJ?

Name: Home values in Sweetwater, NJ, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Sweetwater, NJ is $492,700 (±$181,874), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $492,700 (±$181,874)
Owner-occupied homes: 324 (±135)
Most common range: $500,000 to $999,999

Home values in Sweetwater

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Sweetwater	Atlantic County	New Jersey	United States
Less than $50,000	0.0% (±12.9 points)	3.2%	2.5%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	4.0% (±7.2 points)	3.6%	1.8%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	0.0% (±12.9 points)	6.0%	2.2%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	9.0% (±14.9 points)	11.7%	4.3%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	9.6% (±14.7 points)	26.8%	12.9%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	28.4% (±20.3 points)	33.5%	34.2%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	39.5% (±30.6 points)	11.9%	34.5%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	9.6% (±14.8 points)	3.3%	7.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $500,000 to $999,999, 39.5% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Sweetwater against Atlantic County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Sweetwater	Atlantic County	New Jersey	United States
Median home value	$492,700 (±$181,874)	$295,000 (±$5,138)	$454,400 (±$1,150)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	324 (±135)	75,281 (±1,322)	2,239,128 (±10,678)	84,210,142

In Sweetwater, the median home value is higher than in Atlantic County ($295,000).

It is not measurably different from New Jersey ($454,400).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($332,700).

In Atlantic County, Sweetwater ranks 1 of 12 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 82 of 248.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median home value in places near Sweetwater

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Sweetwater
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Sweetwater	—	$492,700 (±$181,874)	—
Egg Harbor City	4.5 mi	$197,100 (±$45,877)	Lower
Washington Township (Burlington County)	6.4 mi	$324,500 (±$29,215)	Not measurably different
Hammonton Town	7.0 mi	$349,800 (±$28,796)	Not measurably different
Cologne	8.6 mi	$339,400 (±$42,443)	Not measurably different
Hamilton Township (Atlantic County)	10 mi	$246,200 (±$15,687)	Lower
Folsom Borough	10 mi	$273,700 (±$14,172)	Lower
Port Republic	11 mi	$462,100 (±$123,670)	Not measurably different
Bass River Township	11 mi	$325,600 (±$61,434)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Egg Harbor City, NJ ($197,100), Hamilton Township (Atlantic County), NJ ($246,200), Folsom Borough, NJ ($273,700).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Atlantic County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
1	Sweetwater	$492,700 (±$181,874)
2	Bargaintown	$351,700 (±$23,785)
3	Cologne	$339,400 (±$42,443)
4	Absecon Highlands	$334,400 (±$64,615)
5	Dorothy	$333,000 (±$55,915)
6	East Vineland	$301,900 (±$144,530)
7	Smithville	$279,200 (±$43,647)

Showing 7 of 12 places in Atlantic County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Sweetwater is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside Mullica Township, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Sweetwater

What is the average home value in Sweetwater, NJ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $492,700 (±$181,874) for owner-occupied homes in Sweetwater (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is this what homes in Sweetwater sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Sweetwater CDP, New Jersey (place:71880, in state:34).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.