Plymouth vs Swaledale

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (405 vs 125 in Swaledale). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $47,500 in Swaledale). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $55,000 in Swaledale).

Population, income & housing

	Plymouth	Swaledale
Population	405	125
Median age	38.0 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$47,500
Median home value	$105,200	$55,000
Median gross rent	$830	$604
Housing units	182	69
Homeownership rate	78.8%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plymouth	Swaledale
Population	447 → 405 (-9.4%)	105 → 125 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$60,917 → $66,250 (+8.8%)	$40,000 → $47,500 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $105,200 (+27.5%)	$61,300 → $55,000 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $830 (+21.2%)	$467 → $604 (+29.3%)

Plymouth

Population

447405

Median household income

$60,917$66,250

Median home value

$82,500$105,200

Median gross rent

$685$830

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)

	Plymouth	Swaledale
Under 5	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	7.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	17.5%	5.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	5.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	30.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.8%
75 and over	4.7%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plymouth	Swaledale
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plymouth	Swaledale
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	39.2%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plymouth	Swaledale
Drove alone	81.2%	90.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plymouth	Swaledale
1-unit, detached	89.6%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Plymouth	Swaledale
Poverty rate	7.7%	7.2%
Average household size	2.60	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1951	1938