Fairview Heights vs Swansea

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview Heights and Swansea: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairview Heights has the higher population (16,255 vs 14,603 in Swansea). Swansea has the higher median household income ($84,367 vs $77,960 in Fairview Heights). Swansea has the higher median home value ($211,700 vs $166,800 in Fairview Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview Heights	Swansea
Population	16,255	14,603
Median age	41.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,960	$84,367
Median home value	$166,800	$211,700
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,178
Housing units	8,076	5,929
Homeownership rate	66.3%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview Heights	Swansea
Population	16,125 → 16,255 (+0.8%)	13,851 → 14,603 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$64,495 → $77,960 (+20.9%)	$77,517 → $84,367 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $166,800 (+23.2%)	$167,000 → $211,700 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,177 (+18.1%)	$1,062 → $1,178 (+10.9%)

Fairview Heights

Population

16,12516,255

Median household income

$64,495$77,960

Median home value

$135,400$166,800

Median gross rent

$997$1,177

Swansea

Population

13,85114,603

Median household income

$77,517$84,367

Median home value

$167,000$211,700

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,178

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview Heights	Swansea
Under 5	5.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.5%
75 and over	6.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview Heights	Swansea
White (non-Hispanic)	51.3%	71.8%
Black or African American	32.3%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview Heights	Swansea
No high school diploma	7.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview Heights	Swansea
Drove alone	80.0%	78.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	12.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview Heights	Swansea
1-unit, detached	72.8%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairview Heights	Swansea
Poverty rate	9.1%	8.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1974	1993