Lowell vs Swedesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Lowell and Swedesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Swedesburg has the higher population (87 vs 49 in Lowell). Lowell has the higher median household income ($116,786 vs $72,083 in Swedesburg). Swedesburg has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $117,900 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Lowell	Swedesburg
Population	49	87
Median age	56.1 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$116,786	$72,083
Median home value	$117,900	$170,800
Housing units	22	27
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowell	Swedesburg
Population	131 → 49 (-62.6%)	175 → 87 (-50.3%)
Median household income	$73,523 → $116,786 (+58.8%)	—
Median home value	$84,100 → $117,900 (+40.2%)	$63,200 → $170,800 (+170.3%)

Lowell

Population

13149

Median household income

$73,523$116,786

Median home value

$84,100$117,900

Swedesburg

Population

17587

Median home value

$63,200$170,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowell	Swedesburg
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	29.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	49.0%	31.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	32.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowell	Swedesburg
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+

	Lowell	Swedesburg
No high school diploma	12.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	67.3%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	42.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowell	Swedesburg
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowell	Swedesburg
1-unit, detached	68.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lowell	Swedesburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.23	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1938	1938