Darrington vs Swede Heaven

A side-by-side comparison of Darrington and Swede Heaven: population, income, housing, and more.

Darrington and Swede Heaven are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Darrington has the higher population (1,397 vs 1,163 in Swede Heaven). Swede Heaven has the higher median household income ($111,302 vs $64,438 in Darrington). Swede Heaven has the higher median home value ($448,800 vs $373,300 in Darrington).

Population, income & housing

	Darrington	Swede Heaven
Population	1,397	1,163
Median age	43.2 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,438	$111,302
Median home value	$373,300	$448,800
Median gross rent	$898	—
Housing units	648	561
Homeownership rate	67.4%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darrington	Swede Heaven
Population	1,088 → 1,397 (+28.4%)	1,297 → 1,163 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$37,708 → $64,438 (+70.9%)	$76,313 → $111,302 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $373,300 (+96.6%)	$287,900 → $448,800 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $898 (-4.2%)	$1,235 → $1,389 (+12.5%)

Darrington

Population

1,0881,397

Median household income

$37,708$64,438

Median home value

$189,900$373,300

Median gross rent

$937$898

Swede Heaven

Population

1,2971,163

Median household income

$76,313$111,302

Median home value

$287,900$448,800

Median gross rent

$1,235$1,389

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darrington	Swede Heaven
Under 5	2.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	6.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	6.1%
75 and over	9.2%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darrington	Swede Heaven
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darrington	Swede Heaven
No high school diploma	14.4%	9.5%
High school graduate	37.6%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darrington	Swede Heaven
Drove alone	70.8%	68.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	10.7%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	12.4%
Other means	3.9%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darrington	Swede Heaven
1-unit, detached	75.3%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Darrington	Swede Heaven
Poverty rate	17.8%	7.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	29	44
Median year structure built	1975	1989