Rock Falls vs Swaledale

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

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

Both have a population of 125. Rock Falls has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $47,500 in Swaledale). Rock Falls has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $55,000 in Swaledale).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Falls	Swaledale
Population	125	125
Median age	39.3 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$47,500
Median home value	$156,300	$55,000
Median gross rent	$967	$604
Housing units	66	69
Homeownership rate	78.7%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Falls	Swaledale
Population	136 → 125 (-8.1%)	105 → 125 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $66,875 (+55.1%)	$40,000 → $47,500 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $156,300 (+13.7%)	$61,300 → $55,000 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $967 (+62.5%)	$467 → $604 (+29.3%)

Rock Falls

Population

136125

Median household income

$43,125$66,875

Median home value

$137,500$156,300

Median gross rent

$595$967

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)

	Rock Falls	Swaledale
Under 5	9.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	7.2%
18 to 24	16.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	5.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	30.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.8%
75 and over	11.2%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Falls	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+

	Rock Falls	Swaledale
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	32.9%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Falls	Swaledale
Drove alone	83.1%	90.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Falls	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

	Rock Falls	Swaledale
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1956	1938