Intercourse vs Swartzville

A side-by-side comparison of Intercourse and Swartzville: population, income, housing, and more.

Intercourse and Swartzville are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Swartzville has the higher population (1,804 vs 1,506 in Intercourse). Swartzville has the higher median household income ($105,481 vs $81,250 in Intercourse). Intercourse has the higher median home value ($435,400 vs $283,900 in Swartzville).

Population, income & housing

	Intercourse	Swartzville
Population	1,506	1,804
Median age	43.2 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$105,481
Median home value	$435,400	$283,900
Median gross rent	$1,104	—
Housing units	537	707
Homeownership rate	76.5%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Intercourse	Swartzville
Population	1,640 → 1,506 (-8.2%)	2,850 → 1,804 (-36.7%)
Median household income	$56,173 → $81,250 (+44.6%)	$97,245 → $105,481 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$302,200 → $435,400 (+44.1%)	$196,900 → $283,900 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $1,104 (+15.5%)	$1,092 → $1,122 (+2.7%)

Intercourse

Population

1,6401,506

Median household income

$56,173$81,250

Median home value

$302,200$435,400

Median gross rent

$956$1,104

Swartzville

Population

2,8501,804

Median household income

$97,245$105,481

Median home value

$196,900$283,900

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,122

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Intercourse	Swartzville
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	12.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.4%	3.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	5.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	18.9%
75 and over	14.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Intercourse	Swartzville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Intercourse	Swartzville
No high school diploma	39.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	19.5%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Intercourse	Swartzville
Drove alone	37.5%	85.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	35.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Intercourse	Swartzville
1-unit, detached	83.8%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Intercourse	Swartzville
Poverty rate	0.9%	1.7%
Average household size	3.18	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	11	19
Median year structure built	1986	1991