Bastrop vs Camp Swift

A side-by-side comparison of Bastrop and Camp Swift: population, income, housing, and more.

Bastrop and Camp Swift are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bastrop has the higher population (10,484 vs 7,505 in Camp Swift). Bastrop has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $63,316 in Camp Swift). Bastrop has the higher median home value ($308,300 vs $171,800 in Camp Swift).

Population, income & housing

	Bastrop	Camp Swift
Population	10,484	7,505
Median age	38.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$63,316
Median home value	$308,300	$171,800
Median gross rent	$1,387	$1,065
Housing units	4,792	2,234
Homeownership rate	49.1%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bastrop	Camp Swift
Population	8,776 → 10,484 (+19.5%)	6,244 → 7,505 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$56,425 → $70,625 (+25.2%)	$51,274 → $63,316 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $308,300 (+57.0%)	$133,400 → $171,800 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,387 (+43.0%)	$873 → $1,065 (+22.0%)

Bastrop

Population

8,77610,484

Median household income

$56,425$70,625

Median home value

$196,400$308,300

Median gross rent

$970$1,387

Camp Swift

Population

6,2447,505

Median household income

$51,274$63,316

Median home value

$133,400$171,800

Median gross rent

$873$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bastrop	Camp Swift
Under 5	8.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.5%
75 and over	7.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bastrop	Camp Swift
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	34.2%
Black or African American	7.0%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	56.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bastrop	Camp Swift
No high school diploma	10.5%	19.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bastrop	Camp Swift
Drove alone	73.0%	65.5%
Carpooled	12.7%	21.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	3.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.8%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bastrop	Camp Swift
1-unit, detached	66.6%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	46.1%

Poverty & households

	Bastrop	Camp Swift
Poverty rate	12.0%	13.8%
Average household size	2.24	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	28	39
Median year structure built	1998	1995