Swanville vs Upsala

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

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

Upsala has the higher population (394 vs 241 in Swanville). Upsala has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $58,750 in Swanville). Swanville has the higher median home value ($151,300 vs $143,400 in Upsala).

Population, income & housing

	Swanville	Upsala
Population	241	394
Median age	54.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$61,250
Median home value	$151,300	$143,400
Median gross rent	$656	$725
Housing units	146	197
Homeownership rate	71.2%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swanville	Upsala
Population	293 → 241 (-17.7%)	497 → 394 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $58,750 (+19.9%)	$57,500 → $61,250 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$115,800 → $151,300 (+30.7%)	$137,500 → $143,400 (+4.3%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $656 (+10.3%)	$675 → $725 (+7.4%)

Swanville

Population

293241

Median household income

$49,000$58,750

Median home value

$115,800$151,300

Median gross rent

$595$656

Upsala

Population

497394

Median household income

$57,500$61,250

Median home value

$137,500$143,400

Median gross rent

$675$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swanville	Upsala
Under 5	0.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	16.0%
45 to 54	18.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	24.9%	8.4%
75 and over	10.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swanville	Upsala
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swanville	Upsala
No high school diploma	3.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	51.0%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swanville	Upsala
Drove alone	89.1%	72.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	1.7%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swanville	Upsala
1-unit, detached	73.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	10.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Swanville	Upsala
Poverty rate	10.8%	3.8%
Average household size	1.83	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1967	1967