Rome vs Swedesburg

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

Rome 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 77 in Rome). Swedesburg has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $29,531 in Rome). Swedesburg has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $61,300 in Rome).

Population, income & housing

	Rome	Swedesburg
Population	77	87
Median age	42.8 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$29,531	$72,083
Median home value	$61,300	$170,800
Median gross rent	$1,021	—
Housing units	47	27
Homeownership rate	69.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rome	Swedesburg
Population	101 → 77 (-23.8%)	175 → 87 (-50.3%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $29,531 (-17.1%)	—
Median home value	$21,900 → $61,300 (+179.9%)	$63,200 → $170,800 (+170.3%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,021 (+13.4%)	—

Rome

Population

10177

Median household income

$35,625$29,531

Median home value

$21,900$61,300

Median gross rent

$900$1,021

Swedesburg

Population

17587

Median home value

$63,200$170,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rome	Swedesburg
Under 5	3.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	29.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	22.1%	31.0%
55 to 64	19.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rome	Swedesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	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	13.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rome	Swedesburg
No high school diploma	15.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	67.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	42.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rome	Swedesburg
Drove alone	82.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	18.0%	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)

	Rome	Swedesburg
1-unit, detached	63.8%	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	36.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rome	Swedesburg
Poverty rate	19.5%	0.0%
Average household size	1.79	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	35
Median year structure built	1976	1938