Olds vs Swedesburg

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

Olds 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 75 in Olds). Swedesburg has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $48,500 in Olds). Swedesburg has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $137,500 in Olds).

Population, income & housing

	Olds	Swedesburg
Population	75	87
Median age	49.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,500	$72,083
Median home value	$137,500	$170,800
Median gross rent	$770	—
Housing units	59	27
Homeownership rate	43.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olds	Swedesburg
Population	200 → 75 (-62.5%)	175 → 87 (-50.3%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $48,500 (-22.4%)	—
Median home value	$103,000 → $137,500 (+33.5%)	$63,200 → $170,800 (+170.3%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $770 (+22.4%)	—

Olds

Population

20075

Median household income

$62,500$48,500

Median home value

$103,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$629$770

Swedesburg

Population

17587

Median home value

$63,200$170,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olds	Swedesburg
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	5.3%	29.9%
18 to 24	21.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	31.0%
55 to 64	21.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	4.0%	0.0%
75 and over	13.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olds	Swedesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	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+

	Olds	Swedesburg
No high school diploma	9.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.6%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	42.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olds	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)

	Olds	Swedesburg
1-unit, detached	57.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	42.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Olds	Swedesburg
Poverty rate	6.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.63	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1959	1938