Meservey vs Swaledale

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

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

Meservey has the higher population (300 vs 125 in Swaledale). Meservey has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $47,500 in Swaledale). Swaledale has the higher median home value ($55,000 vs $54,100 in Meservey).

Population, income & housing

	Meservey	Swaledale
Population	300	125
Median age	31.0 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$47,500
Median home value	$54,100	$55,000
Median gross rent	$667	$604
Housing units	149	69
Homeownership rate	79.3%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meservey	Swaledale
Population	196 → 300 (+53.1%)	105 → 125 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $54,063 (-8.9%)	$40,000 → $47,500 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$49,300 → $54,100 (+9.7%)	$61,300 → $55,000 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $667 (-9.0%)	$467 → $604 (+29.3%)

Meservey

Population

196300

Median household income

$59,375$54,063

Median home value

$49,300$54,100

Median gross rent

$733$667

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)

	Meservey	Swaledale
Under 5	9.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	28.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	5.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	30.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.8%
75 and over	7.3%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meservey	Swaledale
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	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	6.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meservey	Swaledale
No high school diploma	22.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meservey	Swaledale
Drove alone	90.4%	90.9%
Carpooled	3.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	5.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meservey	Swaledale
1-unit, detached	96.6%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Meservey	Swaledale
Poverty rate	28.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1944	1938