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Swea City, IA

591 Population
0.8 square miles 770.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±26.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kossuth County: 44.2 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,091 ±$6,137 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kossuth County: $38,458 ±$1,847
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,656 ±$11,895 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kossuth County: $67,697 ±$5,975
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27% ±16.1% (158  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Kossuth County: 8.2% † 1,170 (±1.5% / ±213)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.5 minutes ±4.5 (5,985  ±1,893) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kossuth County: 16.3 106,005 (±1.1 / ±8,770)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

315 ±59 Number of households
  • Kossuth County: 6,543 ±147
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (591  ±126) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kossuth County: 2.2 14,211 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±4.9% (3  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kossuth County: 3.8% † 104 (±1.8% / ±50)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

342 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Kossuth County: 7,205 ±33
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$56,400 ±$11,431 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kossuth County: $148,300 ±$12,801
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±3.4% (31  ±21) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Kossuth County: 11.7% † 1,686 (±2.3% / ±337)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±6.8% (362  ±63.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kossuth County: 95.1% 9,870 (±4.6% / ±476.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.2% ±6.1% (60  ±25.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kossuth County: 22.8% † 2,367 (±2.3% / ±239.4)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% ±1.7% (9  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kossuth County: 3.4% 498
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.9% ±5.3% (55  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kossuth County: 6.9% † 784 (±1.2% / ±134)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
55 Total veterans ±26 40 Male ±24 15 Female ±13

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