Swea City vs Whittemore

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

Swea City and Whittemore 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 576 in Whittemore). Whittemore has the higher median household income ($77,054 vs $50,625 in Swea City). Whittemore has the higher median home value ($88,700 vs $48,800 in Swea City).

Population, income & housing

	Swea City	Whittemore
Population	612	576
Median age	41.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$77,054
Median home value	$48,800	$88,700
Median gross rent	$670	$508
Housing units	319	315
Homeownership rate	69.5%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swea City	Whittemore
Population	660 → 612 (-7.3%)	497 → 576 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$36,328 → $50,625 (+39.4%)	$53,864 → $77,054 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$40,700 → $48,800 (+19.9%)	$64,000 → $88,700 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $670 (-8.2%)	$546 → $508 (-7.0%)

Swea City

Population

660612

Median household income

$36,328$50,625

Median home value

$40,700$48,800

Median gross rent

$730$670

Whittemore

Population

497576

Median household income

$53,864$77,054

Median home value

$64,000$88,700

Median gross rent

$546$508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swea City	Whittemore
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	8.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	3.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.3%
75 and over	13.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swea City	Whittemore
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
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%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swea City	Whittemore
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	36.1%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swea City	Whittemore
Drove alone	74.1%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	4.4%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	3.5%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swea City	Whittemore
1-unit, detached	82.8%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	9.8%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Swea City	Whittemore
Poverty rate	28.9%	4.5%
Average household size	2.10	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1953	1955