Swea City vs Titonka

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

Swea City and Titonka 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 423 in Titonka). Titonka has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $50,625 in Swea City). Titonka has the higher median home value ($61,400 vs $48,800 in Swea City).

Population, income & housing

	Swea City	Titonka
Population	612	423
Median age	41.1 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$54,063
Median home value	$48,800	$61,400
Median gross rent	$670	$443
Housing units	319	231
Homeownership rate	69.5%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swea City	Titonka
Population	660 → 612 (-7.3%)	481 → 423 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$36,328 → $50,625 (+39.4%)	$45,000 → $54,063 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$40,700 → $48,800 (+19.9%)	$47,200 → $61,400 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $670 (-8.2%)	$704 → $443 (-37.1%)

Swea City

Population

660612

Median household income

$36,328$50,625

Median home value

$40,700$48,800

Median gross rent

$730$670

Titonka

Population

481423

Median household income

$45,000$54,063

Median home value

$47,200$61,400

Median gross rent

$704$443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swea City	Titonka
Under 5	5.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	3.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	18.6%	18.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	9.7%
75 and over	13.1%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swea City	Titonka
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swea City	Titonka
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	36.1%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swea City	Titonka
Drove alone	74.1%	71.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.4%	1.3%
Worked from home	5.6%	5.2%
Other means	4.9%	11.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swea City	Titonka
1-unit, detached	82.8%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Swea City	Titonka
Poverty rate	28.9%	10.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1953	1955