Mascoutah vs Swansea

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

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

Swansea has the higher population (14,603 vs 8,743 in Mascoutah). Mascoutah has the higher median household income ($93,902 vs $84,367 in Swansea). Mascoutah has the higher median home value ($226,300 vs $211,700 in Swansea).

Population, income & housing

	Mascoutah	Swansea
Population	8,743	14,603
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,902	$84,367
Median home value	$226,300	$211,700
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,178
Housing units	3,162	5,929
Homeownership rate	66.7%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mascoutah	Swansea
Population	8,245 → 8,743 (+6.0%)	13,851 → 14,603 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$78,468 → $93,902 (+19.7%)	$77,517 → $84,367 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $226,300 (+30.7%)	$167,000 → $211,700 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,235 (+24.4%)	$1,062 → $1,178 (+10.9%)

Mascoutah

Population

8,2458,743

Median household income

$78,468$93,902

Median home value

$173,200$226,300

Median gross rent

$993$1,235

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)

	Mascoutah	Swansea
Under 5	7.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.5%
75 and over	5.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mascoutah	Swansea
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	71.8%
Black or African American	4.1%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mascoutah	Swansea
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	26.6%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mascoutah	Swansea
Drove alone	75.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	11.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.8%
Walked	2.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mascoutah	Swansea
1-unit, detached	80.0%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.7%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Mascoutah	Swansea
Poverty rate	11.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.88	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1986	1993