Elmdale vs Swanville

A side-by-side comparison of Elmdale and Swanville: population, income, housing, and more.

Elmdale and Swanville are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Swanville has the higher population (241 vs 185 in Elmdale). Elmdale has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $58,750 in Swanville). Elmdale has the higher median home value ($268,800 vs $151,300 in Swanville).

Population, income & housing

	Elmdale	Swanville
Population	185	241
Median age	48.7 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$141,250	$58,750
Median home value	$268,800	$151,300
Median gross rent	—	$656
Housing units	58	146
Homeownership rate	81.0%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmdale	Swanville
Population	81 → 185 (+128.4%)	293 → 241 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $141,250 (+175.6%)	$49,000 → $58,750 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $268,800 (+126.3%)	$115,800 → $151,300 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$595 → $656 (+10.3%)

Elmdale

Population

81185

Median household income

$51,250$141,250

Median home value

$118,800$268,800

Swanville

Population

293241

Median household income

$49,000$58,750

Median home value

$115,800$151,300

Median gross rent

$595$656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmdale	Swanville
Under 5	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	16.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	5.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	6.5%	7.5%
45 to 54	31.4%	18.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	4.9%	24.9%
75 and over	7.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmdale	Swanville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmdale	Swanville
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	51.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmdale	Swanville
Drove alone	88.8%	89.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmdale	Swanville
1-unit, detached	96.6%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Elmdale	Swanville
Poverty rate	2.7%	10.8%
Average household size	3.19	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1962	1967