Burchinal vs Swaledale

A side-by-side comparison of Burchinal and Swaledale: population, income, housing, and more.

Burchinal and Swaledale are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Swaledale has the higher population (125 vs 19 in Burchinal). Since 2019, Burchinal's population has grown faster (+26.7% vs +19.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Burchinal	Swaledale
Population	19	125
Median age	33.3 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,500
Median home value	—	$55,000
Median gross rent	—	$604
Housing units	28	69
Homeownership rate	41.7%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burchinal	Swaledale
Population	15 → 19 (+26.7%)	105 → 125 (+19.0%)
Median household income	—	$40,000 → $47,500 (+18.8%)
Median home value	—	$61,300 → $55,000 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$467 → $604 (+29.3%)

Burchinal

Population

1519

Swaledale

Population

105125

Median household income

$40,000$47,500

Median home value

$61,300$55,000

Median gross rent

$467$604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burchinal	Swaledale
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	7.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	47.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	5.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	31.6%	30.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.8%
75 and over	0.0%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burchinal	Swaledale
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+

	Burchinal	Swaledale
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	29.4%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	41.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burchinal	Swaledale
Drove alone	100.0%	90.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.3%
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%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burchinal	Swaledale
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Burchinal	Swaledale
Poverty rate	36.8%	7.2%
Average household size	1.58	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1958	1938