Burt vs Swea City

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

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

Swea City has the higher population (612 vs 506 in Burt). Burt has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $50,625 in Swea City). Burt has the higher median home value ($76,000 vs $48,800 in Swea City).

Population, income & housing

	Burt	Swea City
Population	506	612
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$50,625
Median home value	$76,000	$48,800
Median gross rent	—	$670
Housing units	237	319
Homeownership rate	89.4%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burt	Swea City
Population	512 → 506 (-1.2%)	660 → 612 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $61,250 (+30.7%)	$36,328 → $50,625 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$50,300 → $76,000 (+51.1%)	$40,700 → $48,800 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $821 (+28.5%)	$730 → $670 (-8.2%)

Burt

Population

512506

Median household income

$46,875$61,250

Median home value

$50,300$76,000

Median gross rent

$639$821

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)

	Burt	Swea City
Under 5	6.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	11.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.2%
35 to 44	9.5%	7.7%
45 to 54	5.1%	3.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	18.6%
65 to 74	18.4%	12.7%
75 and over	9.7%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burt	Swea City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burt	Swea City
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	37.3%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burt	Swea City
Drove alone	68.4%	74.1%
Carpooled	14.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.6%
Other means	5.3%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burt	Swea City
1-unit, detached	94.1%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burt	Swea City
Poverty rate	27.7%	28.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1955	1953