Plymouth vs Swoyersville

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (5,761 vs 5,014 in Swoyersville). Swoyersville has the higher median household income ($67,558 vs $42,348 in Plymouth). Swoyersville has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $85,400 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Plymouth	Swoyersville
Population	5,761	5,014
Median age	39.1 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,348	$67,558
Median home value	$85,400	$137,000
Median gross rent	$923	$733
Housing units	2,971	2,512
Homeownership rate	48.4%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plymouth	Swoyersville
Population	5,820 → 5,761 (-1.0%)	5,017 → 5,014 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$42,754 → $42,348 (-0.9%)	$53,643 → $67,558 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $85,400 (+18.4%)	$125,500 → $137,000 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $923 (+28.2%)	$692 → $733 (+5.9%)

Plymouth

Population

5,8205,761

Median household income

$42,754$42,348

Median home value

$72,100$85,400

Median gross rent

$720$923

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)

	Plymouth	Swoyersville
Under 5	5.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	8.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	18.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	17.5%
75 and over	6.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plymouth	Swoyersville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plymouth	Swoyersville
No high school diploma	15.7%	1.4%
High school graduate	46.1%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plymouth	Swoyersville
Drove alone	75.5%	86.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.0%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plymouth	Swoyersville
1-unit, detached	42.7%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	28.6%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Plymouth	Swoyersville
Poverty rate	21.4%	9.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1941	1960