Schwenksville vs Swedesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Schwenksville and Swedesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Schwenksville has the higher population (1,383 vs 805 in Swedesburg). Swedesburg has the higher median household income ($88,875 vs $70,833 in Schwenksville). Swedesburg has the higher median home value ($301,500 vs $237,000 in Schwenksville).

Population, income & housing

	Schwenksville	Swedesburg
Population	1,383	805
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	$88,875
Median home value	$237,000	$301,500
Median gross rent	$1,121	$1,469
Housing units	683	327
Homeownership rate	64.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schwenksville	Swedesburg
Population	1,422 → 1,383 (-2.7%)	—
Median household income	$58,276 → $70,833 (+21.5%)	—
Median home value	$191,700 → $237,000 (+23.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,121 (+16.5%)	—

Schwenksville

Population

1,4221,383

Median household income

$58,276$70,833

Median home value

$191,700$237,000

Median gross rent

$962$1,121

Swedesburg

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Schwenksville	Swedesburg
Under 5	6.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	11.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	20.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.0%
75 and over	7.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schwenksville	Swedesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	88.3%
Black or African American	9.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schwenksville	Swedesburg
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	37.2%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schwenksville	Swedesburg
Drove alone	78.8%	78.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schwenksville	Swedesburg
1-unit, detached	33.4%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	55.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	26.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Schwenksville	Swedesburg
Poverty rate	9.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1971	1941