Algona vs Swea City

A side-by-side comparison of Algona and Swea City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Algona has the higher population (5,414 vs 612 in Swea City). Algona has the higher median household income ($52,542 vs $50,625 in Swea City). Algona has the higher median home value ($156,200 vs $48,800 in Swea City).

Population, income & housing

	Algona	Swea City
Population	5,414	612
Median age	43.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,542	$50,625
Median home value	$156,200	$48,800
Median gross rent	$887	$670
Housing units	2,710	319
Homeownership rate	65.1%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algona	Swea City
Population	5,447 → 5,414 (-0.6%)	660 → 612 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$51,476 → $52,542 (+2.1%)	$36,328 → $50,625 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$131,500 → $156,200 (+18.8%)	$40,700 → $48,800 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $887 (+26.4%)	$730 → $670 (-8.2%)

Algona

Population

5,4475,414

Median household income

$51,476$52,542

Median home value

$131,500$156,200

Median gross rent

$702$887

Swea City

Population

660612

Median household income

$36,328$50,625

Median home value

$40,700$48,800

Median gross rent

$730$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algona	Swea City
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	3.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	18.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.7%
75 and over	15.4%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algona	Swea City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algona	Swea City
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	33.7%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algona	Swea City
Drove alone	78.6%	74.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	2.4%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.6%
Other means	0.9%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algona	Swea City
1-unit, detached	71.4%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	8.5%
20 or more units	6.1%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Algona	Swea City
Poverty rate	7.6%	28.9%
Average household size	2.05	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	12	22
Median year structure built	1970	1953