Matthews vs Swayzee

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

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

Swayzee has the higher population (872 vs 517 in Matthews). Swayzee has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $45,833 in Matthews). Swayzee has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $77,000 in Matthews).

Population, income & housing

	Matthews	Swayzee
Population	517	872
Median age	46.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,833	$66,250
Median home value	$77,000	$118,800
Median gross rent	$1,040	$957
Housing units	252	460
Homeownership rate	72.3%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matthews	Swayzee
Population	622 → 517 (-16.9%)	946 → 872 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$39,914 → $45,833 (+14.8%)	$52,727 → $66,250 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $77,000 (+16.0%)	$88,900 → $118,800 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $1,040 (+84.4%)	$848 → $957 (+12.9%)

Matthews

Population

622517

Median household income

$39,914$45,833

Median home value

$66,400$77,000

Median gross rent

$564$1,040

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)

	Matthews	Swayzee
Under 5	6.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	18.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	15.0%
75 and over	9.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matthews	Swayzee
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.9%
Two or more races	7.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matthews	Swayzee
No high school diploma	14.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	54.5%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matthews	Swayzee
Drove alone	86.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matthews	Swayzee
1-unit, detached	75.0%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Matthews	Swayzee
Poverty rate	24.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1965	1966