Swisher vs Tiffin

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

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

Tiffin has the higher population (5,271 vs 1,064 in Swisher). Tiffin has the higher median household income ($106,034 vs $99,118 in Swisher). Tiffin has the higher median home value ($315,800 vs $249,800 in Swisher).

Population, income & housing

	Swisher	Tiffin
Population	1,064	5,271
Median age	35.9 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,118	$106,034
Median home value	$249,800	$315,800
Median gross rent	$958	$1,367
Housing units	390	2,186
Homeownership rate	82.5%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swisher	Tiffin
Population	887 → 1,064 (+20.0%)	3,351 → 5,271 (+57.3%)
Median household income	$84,167 → $99,118 (+17.8%)	$78,713 → $106,034 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$192,700 → $249,800 (+29.6%)	$233,000 → $315,800 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $958 (+23.6%)	$994 → $1,367 (+37.5%)

Swisher

Population

8871,064

Median household income

$84,167$99,118

Median home value

$192,700$249,800

Median gross rent

$775$958

Tiffin

Population

3,3515,271

Median household income

$78,713$106,034

Median home value

$233,000$315,800

Median gross rent

$994$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swisher	Tiffin
Under 5	6.1%	8.6%
5 to 17	26.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	18.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.8%
75 and over	5.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swisher	Tiffin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	79.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.7%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swisher	Tiffin
No high school diploma	1.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	28.9%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swisher	Tiffin
Drove alone	78.4%	79.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	2.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	3.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swisher	Tiffin
1-unit, detached	83.1%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	45.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Swisher	Tiffin
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1971	2011