Pleasantville vs Swan

A side-by-side comparison of Pleasantville and Swan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pleasantville has the higher population (1,883 vs 58 in Swan). Pleasantville has the higher median household income ($67,692 vs $44,861 in Swan). Since 2019, Pleasantville's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -37.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasantville	Swan
Population	1,883	58
Median age	37.1 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,692	$44,861
Median home value	$161,500	—
Median gross rent	$830	—
Housing units	798	29
Homeownership rate	76.9%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasantville	Swan
Population	1,859 → 1,883 (+1.3%)	92 → 58 (-37.0%)
Median household income	$53,220 → $67,692 (+27.2%)	$29,375 → $44,861 (+52.7%)
Median home value	$151,900 → $161,500 (+6.3%)	$81,300 → $95,000 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $830 (+27.7%)	—

Pleasantville

Population

1,8591,883

Median household income

$53,220$67,692

Median home value

$151,900$161,500

Median gross rent

$650$830

Swan

Population

9258

Median household income

$29,375$44,861

Median home value

$81,300$95,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasantville	Swan
Under 5	8.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	3.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	41.4%
65 to 74	4.3%	5.2%
75 and over	8.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasantville	Swan
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasantville	Swan
No high school diploma	5.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.3%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasantville	Swan
Drove alone	73.2%	66.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	27.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	5.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasantville	Swan
1-unit, detached	69.8%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	48.3%

Poverty & households

	Pleasantville	Swan
Poverty rate	5.6%	10.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1971	1991