Friend vs Swanton

A side-by-side comparison of Friend and Swanton: population, income, housing, and more.

Friend and Swanton are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Friend has the higher population (1,085 vs 135 in Swanton). Friend has the higher median household income ($84,861 vs $70,417 in Swanton). Friend has the higher median home value ($171,200 vs $82,500 in Swanton).

Population, income & housing

	Friend	Swanton
Population	1,085	135
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,861	$70,417
Median home value	$171,200	$82,500
Median gross rent	$808	—
Housing units	491	65
Homeownership rate	81.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friend	Swanton
Population	1,176 → 1,085 (-7.7%)	81 → 135 (+66.7%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $84,861 (+40.0%)	$59,500 → $70,417 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$122,600 → $171,200 (+39.6%)	$70,500 → $82,500 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $808 (+5.9%)	—

Friend

Population

1,1761,085

Median household income

$60,625$84,861

Median home value

$122,600$171,200

Median gross rent

$763$808

Swanton

Population

81135

Median household income

$59,500$70,417

Median home value

$70,500$82,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friend	Swanton
Under 5	8.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	22.9%	25.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	3.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	18.6%	28.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	5.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	9.6%
75 and over	9.3%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friend	Swanton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	88.9%
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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friend	Swanton
No high school diploma	2.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	27.1%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friend	Swanton
Drove alone	80.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	13.1%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friend	Swanton
1-unit, detached	91.9%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Friend	Swanton
Poverty rate	5.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	42	33
Median year structure built	1961	1945