Machias vs Swede Heaven

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

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

Swede Heaven has the higher population (1,163 vs 1,112 in Machias). Machias has the higher median household income ($127,043 vs $111,302 in Swede Heaven). Machias has the higher median home value ($631,900 vs $448,800 in Swede Heaven).

Population, income & housing

	Machias	Swede Heaven
Population	1,112	1,163
Median age	36.7 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$127,043	$111,302
Median home value	$631,900	$448,800
Median gross rent	$1,538	—
Housing units	471	561
Homeownership rate	76.4%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Machias	Swede Heaven
Population	981 → 1,112 (+13.4%)	1,297 → 1,163 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$95,179 → $127,043 (+33.5%)	$76,313 → $111,302 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$405,300 → $631,900 (+55.9%)	$287,900 → $448,800 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,384 → $1,538 (+11.1%)	$1,235 → $1,389 (+12.5%)

Machias

Population

9811,112

Median household income

$95,179$127,043

Median home value

$405,300$631,900

Median gross rent

$1,384$1,538

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)

	Machias	Swede Heaven
Under 5	7.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	19.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	6.1%
75 and over	1.2%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Machias	Swede Heaven
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Machias	Swede Heaven
No high school diploma	2.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	37.9%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Machias	Swede Heaven
Drove alone	73.6%	68.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	10.7%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	12.4%
Other means	6.6%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Machias	Swede Heaven
1-unit, detached	80.7%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Machias	Swede Heaven
Poverty rate	2.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	44
Median year structure built	1983	1989