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Sweet Springs, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Sweet Springs is a Census city of 1,268 people across 1.66 square miles of land, in Saline County. Median household income is $46,780, 69.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $745,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Sweet Springs
What Sweet Springs is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.66 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land762
- County holding the largest share of its areaSaline County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sweet Springs
How many people live in Sweet Springs
- Population1,268
- Median age36.6 plus or minus 10.3
- Population under 18279 plus or minus 84
- Share under 1822.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Population 65 and over314 plus or minus 70
- Share 65 and over24.8 percent
- Households467
- Family households279
- Share of households that are families59.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sweet Springs
Income and work in Sweet Springs
- Median household income$46,780
- Per capita income$29,466 plus or minus $8,687
- Civilian labor force600 plus or minus 145
- Employed567 plus or minus 146
- Unemployed33 plus or minus 27
- Unemployment rate5.5 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over863
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.1 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.9 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Sweet Springs
- Housing units591
- Occupied units467
- Vacant units124 plus or minus 57
- Vacancy rate21.0 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Owner occupied326
- Renter occupied141 plus or minus 47
- Ownership rate69.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$107,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$632
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.2 percent
- Single family units500
- Share single family84.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more83 plus or minus 49
- Share in buildings of two or more14.0 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Sweet Springs gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute500
- Commuting under 15 minutes250 plus or minus 64
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more145 plus or minus 39
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.0 percent
- Drove alone77.7 percent
- Carpooled13.8 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.0 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Worked from home2.9 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sweet Springs
SBA loans in Sweet Springs (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$745,000
- Average approval$745,000
- Median approval$745,000
- Largest approval$745,000
- Jobs supported47
- Jobs per approval47.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sweet Springs, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sweet Springs
Flood risk in Sweet Springs
- NFIP communityCity of Sweet Springs
- NFIP community number290407
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date01/16/13(M)
The City of Sweet Springs participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 290407 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Saline County, not Sweet Springs
Saline County context, not Sweet Springs figures
- Establishments in Saline County451
- Covered employment, Saline County8,879
- Average annual pay, Saline County$45,958
- Housing units permitted, Saline County13
Every figure in this section is published for Saline County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sweet Springs.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Sweet Springs questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sweet Springs, Missouri?
1,268, in 467 households. Sweet Springs city covers 1.66 square miles of land, which is 762 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sweet Springs in?
Saline County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sweet Springs?
$46,780. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $107,900. Median gross rent is $632 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sweet Springs businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $745,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $745,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sweet Springs, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sweet Springs borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sweet Springs. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Sweet Springs in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Sweet Springs appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Sweet Springs, city of, community 290407, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Sweet Springs figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Saline County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sweet Springs.
Is zoning published for Sweet Springs?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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