Swedesburg vs Westwood

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

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

Westwood has the higher population (104 vs 87 in Swedesburg). Westwood has the higher median household income ($117,083 vs $72,083 in Swedesburg). Westwood has the higher median home value ($258,900 vs $170,800 in Swedesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Swedesburg	Westwood
Population	87	104
Median age	33.5 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,083	$117,083
Median home value	$170,800	$258,900
Housing units	27	49
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.6%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swedesburg	Westwood
Population	175 → 87 (-50.3%)	97 → 104 (+7.2%)
Median household income	—	$95,833 → $117,083 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $170,800 (+170.3%)	$207,500 → $258,900 (+24.8%)

Swedesburg

Population

17587

Median home value

$63,200$170,800

Westwood

Population

97104

Median household income

$95,833$117,083

Median home value

$207,500$258,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swedesburg	Westwood
Under 5	6.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	29.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	4.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	31.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	28.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.5%
75 and over	6.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swedesburg	Westwood
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+

	Swedesburg	Westwood
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	57.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	42.6%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swedesburg	Westwood
Drove alone	100.0%	76.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swedesburg	Westwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Swedesburg	Westwood
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.22	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1938	1973