Hills vs Swisher

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

Hills 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 892 in Hills). Swisher has the higher median household income ($99,118 vs $81,875 in Hills). Swisher has the higher median home value ($249,800 vs $217,800 in Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Hills	Swisher
Population	892	1,064
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$99,118
Median home value	$217,800	$249,800
Median gross rent	$1,179	$958
Housing units	444	390
Homeownership rate	62.2%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hills	Swisher
Population	780 → 892 (+14.4%)	887 → 1,064 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$54,922 → $81,875 (+49.1%)	$84,167 → $99,118 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $217,800 (+37.3%)	$192,700 → $249,800 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,179 (+19.1%)	$775 → $958 (+23.6%)

Hills

Population

780892

Median household income

$54,922$81,875

Median home value

$158,600$217,800

Median gross rent

$990$1,179

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)

	Hills	Swisher
Under 5	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	26.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	14.1%	7.2%
75 and over	9.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hills	Swisher
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	92.3%
Black or African American	3.9%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	4.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hills	Swisher
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hills	Swisher
Drove alone	73.7%	78.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	5.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	14.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hills	Swisher
1-unit, detached	58.8%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hills	Swisher
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.15	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1977	1971