Preemption vs Swedona

A side-by-side comparison of Preemption and Swedona: population, income, housing, and more.

Preemption and Swedona are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Preemption has the higher population (100 vs 28 in Swedona). Since 2019, Preemption's population has grown faster (-41.9% vs -70.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Preemption	Swedona
Population	100	28
Median age	54.8 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,364	—
Median home value	$167,900	—
Housing units	84	27
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preemption	Swedona
Population	172 → 100 (-41.9%)	95 → 28 (-70.5%)
Median household income	$61,563 → $81,364 (+32.2%)	$72,344 → $73,214 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $167,900 (+27.9%)	—

Preemption

Population

172100

Median household income

$61,563$81,364

Median home value

$131,300$167,900

Swedona

Population

9528

Median household income

$72,344$73,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preemption	Swedona
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.0%	28.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	22.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	6.0%	21.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	29.0%	35.7%
75 and over	7.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preemption	Swedona
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preemption	Swedona
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preemption	Swedona
Drove alone	70.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	29.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preemption	Swedona
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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

	Preemption	Swedona
Poverty rate	6.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.63	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1967	2013