Swede Heaven vs Woodway

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

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

Woodway has the higher population (1,174 vs 1,163 in Swede Heaven). Woodway has the higher median household income ($196,500 vs $111,302 in Swede Heaven). Woodway has the higher median home value ($1,741,100 vs $448,800 in Swede Heaven).

Population, income & housing

	Swede Heaven	Woodway
Population	1,163	1,174
Median age	45.6 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,302	$196,500
Median home value	$448,800	$1,741,100
Housing units	561	455
Homeownership rate	94.0%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	72.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swede Heaven	Woodway
Population	1,297 → 1,163 (-10.3%)	1,105 → 1,174 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$76,313 → $111,302 (+45.8%)	$194,904 → $196,500 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$287,900 → $448,800 (+55.9%)	$1,212,000 → $1,741,100 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,235 → $1,389 (+12.5%)	—

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

Woodway

Population

1,1051,174

Median household income

$194,904$196,500

Median home value

$1,212,000$1,741,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swede Heaven	Woodway
Under 5	1.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	4.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	19.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	14.0%
75 and over	16.3%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swede Heaven	Woodway
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swede Heaven	Woodway
No high school diploma	9.5%	1.8%
High school graduate	38.8%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	42.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	29.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swede Heaven	Woodway
Drove alone	68.7%	52.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	12.4%	37.2%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swede Heaven	Woodway
1-unit, detached	85.0%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Swede Heaven	Woodway
Poverty rate	7.0%	2.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	44	27
Median year structure built	1989	1985