Duryea vs Swoyersville

A side-by-side comparison of Duryea and Swoyersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Duryea has the higher population (5,054 vs 5,014 in Swoyersville). Swoyersville has the higher median household income ($67,558 vs $64,028 in Duryea). Duryea has the higher median home value ($142,900 vs $137,000 in Swoyersville).

Population, income & housing

	Duryea	Swoyersville
Population	5,054	5,014
Median age	39.7 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,028	$67,558
Median home value	$142,900	$137,000
Median gross rent	$1,056	$733
Housing units	2,288	2,512
Homeownership rate	71.1%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duryea	Swoyersville
Population	4,863 → 5,054 (+3.9%)	5,017 → 5,014 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$60,707 → $64,028 (+5.5%)	$53,643 → $67,558 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$120,600 → $142,900 (+18.5%)	$125,500 → $137,000 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,056 (+35.7%)	$692 → $733 (+5.9%)

Duryea

Population

4,8635,054

Median household income

$60,707$64,028

Median home value

$120,600$142,900

Median gross rent

$778$1,056

Swoyersville

Population

5,0175,014

Median household income

$53,643$67,558

Median home value

$125,500$137,000

Median gross rent

$692$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duryea	Swoyersville
Under 5	6.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	8.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	18.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	17.5%
75 and over	7.0%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duryea	Swoyersville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duryea	Swoyersville
No high school diploma	7.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duryea	Swoyersville
Drove alone	70.4%	86.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	5.0%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duryea	Swoyersville
1-unit, detached	74.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Duryea	Swoyersville
Poverty rate	21.4%	9.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1952	1960