Gas City vs Swayzee

A side-by-side comparison of Gas City and Swayzee: population, income, housing, and more.

Gas City and Swayzee are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gas City has the higher population (6,097 vs 872 in Swayzee). Swayzee has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $57,106 in Gas City). Gas City has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $118,800 in Swayzee).

Population, income & housing

	Gas City	Swayzee
Population	6,097	872
Median age	45.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,106	$66,250
Median home value	$122,800	$118,800
Median gross rent	$858	$957
Housing units	2,781	460
Homeownership rate	72.9%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gas City	Swayzee
Population	5,802 → 6,097 (+5.1%)	946 → 872 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$42,454 → $57,106 (+34.5%)	$52,727 → $66,250 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $122,800 (+38.6%)	$88,900 → $118,800 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $858 (+3.9%)	$848 → $957 (+12.9%)

Gas City

Population

5,8026,097

Median household income

$42,454$57,106

Median home value

$88,600$122,800

Median gross rent

$826$858

Swayzee

Population

946872

Median household income

$52,727$66,250

Median home value

$88,900$118,800

Median gross rent

$848$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gas City	Swayzee
Under 5	4.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	16.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	15.0%
75 and over	13.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gas City	Swayzee
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.9%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gas City	Swayzee
No high school diploma	8.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	42.4%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gas City	Swayzee
Drove alone	79.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gas City	Swayzee
1-unit, detached	89.9%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Gas City	Swayzee
Poverty rate	17.1%	10.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1962	1966