Swea City vs Wesley

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

Swea City and Wesley 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 356 in Wesley). Wesley has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $50,625 in Swea City). Wesley has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $48,800 in Swea City).

Population, income & housing

	Swea City	Wesley
Population	612	356
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$65,625
Median home value	$48,800	$88,900
Median gross rent	$670	$625
Housing units	319	158
Homeownership rate	69.5%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swea City	Wesley
Population	660 → 612 (-7.3%)	362 → 356 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$36,328 → $50,625 (+39.4%)	$53,036 → $65,625 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$40,700 → $48,800 (+19.9%)	$76,800 → $88,900 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $670 (-8.2%)	$489 → $625 (+27.8%)

Swea City

Population

660612

Median household income

$36,328$50,625

Median home value

$40,700$48,800

Median gross rent

$730$670

Wesley

Population

362356

Median household income

$53,036$65,625

Median home value

$76,800$88,900

Median gross rent

$489$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swea City	Wesley
Under 5	5.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	3.4%
25 to 34	8.2%	18.5%
35 to 44	7.7%	7.6%
45 to 54	3.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	18.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.6%
75 and over	13.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swea City	Wesley
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swea City	Wesley
No high school diploma	6.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	36.1%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swea City	Wesley
Drove alone	74.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	2.4%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	3.7%
Other means	4.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swea City	Wesley
1-unit, detached	82.8%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	3.8%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Swea City	Wesley
Poverty rate	28.9%	13.5%
Average household size	2.10	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1953	1957