Frytown vs Swisher

A side-by-side comparison of Frytown and Swisher: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Swisher has the higher population (1,064 vs 32 in Frytown). Since 2019, Swisher's population has grown faster (+20.0% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Frytown	Swisher
Population	32	1,064
Median age	13.9 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$99,118
Median home value	—	$249,800
Median gross rent	—	$958
Housing units	8	390
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	100.0%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frytown	Swisher
Population	33 → 32 (-3.0%)	887 → 1,064 (+20.0%)
Median household income	—	$84,167 → $99,118 (+17.8%)
Median home value	—	$192,700 → $249,800 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$775 → $958 (+23.6%)

Frytown

Population

3332

Swisher

Population

8871,064

Median household income

$84,167$99,118

Median home value

$192,700$249,800

Median gross rent

$775$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frytown	Swisher
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	53.1%	26.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	46.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.2%
75 and over	0.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frytown	Swisher
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frytown	Swisher
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	0.0%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	46.7%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	53.3%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frytown	Swisher
Drove alone	100.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frytown	Swisher
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Frytown	Swisher
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.9%
Average household size	4.00	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	—	1971