Lone Tree vs Swisher

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

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

Lone Tree has the higher population (1,285 vs 1,064 in Swisher). Swisher has the higher median household income ($99,118 vs $80,294 in Lone Tree). Swisher has the higher median home value ($249,800 vs $170,700 in Lone Tree).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Tree	Swisher
Population	1,285	1,064
Median age	44.8 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,294	$99,118
Median home value	$170,700	$249,800
Median gross rent	$947	$958
Housing units	545	390
Homeownership rate	85.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Tree	Swisher
Population	1,312 → 1,285 (-2.1%)	887 → 1,064 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$62,137 → $80,294 (+29.2%)	$84,167 → $99,118 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$156,200 → $170,700 (+9.3%)	$192,700 → $249,800 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $947 (+36.3%)	$775 → $958 (+23.6%)

Lone Tree

Population

1,3121,285

Median household income

$62,137$80,294

Median home value

$156,200$170,700

Median gross rent

$695$947

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)

	Lone Tree	Swisher
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	26.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	19.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.2%
75 and over	7.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Tree	Swisher
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Tree	Swisher
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.2%
High school graduate	39.5%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Tree	Swisher
Drove alone	73.6%	78.4%
Carpooled	16.4%	3.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	14.7%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Tree	Swisher
1-unit, detached	81.1%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lone Tree	Swisher
Poverty rate	6.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1968	1971