Lee Vining vs Swall Meadows

A side-by-side comparison of Lee Vining and Swall Meadows: population, income, housing, and more.

Lee Vining and Swall Meadows are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lee Vining has the higher population (557 vs 433 in Swall Meadows). Swall Meadows has the higher median household income ($185,913 vs $129,407 in Lee Vining). Swall Meadows has the higher median home value ($808,900 vs $423,700 in Lee Vining).

Population, income & housing

	Lee Vining	Swall Meadows
Population	557	433
Median age	33.3 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$129,407	$185,913
Median home value	$423,700	$808,900
Housing units	150	214
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	69.7%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee Vining	Swall Meadows
Population	98 → 557 (+468.4%)	251 → 433 (+72.5%)
Median household income	$135,017 → $129,407 (-4.2%)	$107,813 → $185,913 (+72.4%)
Median home value	$399,300 → $423,700 (+6.1%)	$690,800 → $808,900 (+17.1%)

Lee Vining

Population

98557

Median household income

$135,017$129,407

Median home value

$399,300$423,700

Swall Meadows

Population

251433

Median household income

$107,813$185,913

Median home value

$690,800$808,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lee Vining	Swall Meadows
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	46.1%	1.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	1.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	39.1%	4.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	25.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	15.7%
75 and over	0.0%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee Vining	Swall Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	65.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	49.4%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee Vining	Swall Meadows
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	0.0%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.3%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee Vining	Swall Meadows
Drove alone	0.0%	74.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	47.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	52.8%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee Vining	Swall Meadows
1-unit, detached	80.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	20.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lee Vining	Swall Meadows
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.5%
Average household size	3.71	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1938	1995