Mount Union vs Swedesburg

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

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

Mount Union has the higher population (111 vs 87 in Swedesburg). Swedesburg has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $48,250 in Mount Union). Swedesburg has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $84,500 in Mount Union).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Union	Swedesburg
Population	111	87
Median age	37.7 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,250	$72,083
Median home value	$84,500	$170,800
Housing units	47	27
Homeownership rate	85.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Union	Swedesburg
Population	153 → 111 (-27.5%)	175 → 87 (-50.3%)
Median household income	$38,542 → $48,250 (+25.2%)	—
Median home value	$72,800 → $84,500 (+16.1%)	$63,200 → $170,800 (+170.3%)

Mount Union

Population

153111

Median household income

$38,542$48,250

Median home value

$72,800$84,500

Swedesburg

Population

17587

Median home value

$63,200$170,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Union	Swedesburg
Under 5	1.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	32.4%	29.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	3.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	18.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	31.0%
55 to 64	8.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	0.0%
75 and over	8.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Union	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+

	Mount Union	Swedesburg
No high school diploma	5.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	42.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Union	Swedesburg
Drove alone	86.5%	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	13.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Union	Swedesburg
1-unit, detached	80.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Union	Swedesburg
Poverty rate	9.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.36	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1973	1938