Edwardsville vs Swoyersville

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

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

Swoyersville has the higher population (5,014 vs 4,917 in Edwardsville). Swoyersville has the higher median household income ($67,558 vs $50,046 in Edwardsville). Swoyersville has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $114,200 in Edwardsville).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Swoyersville
Population	4,917	5,014
Median age	37.9 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,046	$67,558
Median home value	$114,200	$137,000
Median gross rent	$875	$733
Housing units	2,228	2,512
Homeownership rate	47.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Swoyersville
Population	4,742 → 4,917 (+3.7%)	5,017 → 5,014 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$38,950 → $50,046 (+28.5%)	$53,643 → $67,558 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $114,200 (+24.8%)	$125,500 → $137,000 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $875 (+18.7%)	$692 → $733 (+5.9%)

Edwardsville

Population

4,7424,917

Median household income

$38,950$50,046

Median home value

$91,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$737$875

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)

	Edwardsville	Swoyersville
Under 5	8.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	18.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	17.5%
75 and over	7.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Swoyersville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	91.3%
Black or African American	10.7%	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	6.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Swoyersville
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	53.4%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Swoyersville
Drove alone	83.4%	86.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Swoyersville
1-unit, detached	44.6%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Swoyersville
Poverty rate	24.0%	9.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1956	1960