Swift County vs Yellow Medicine County

A side-by-side comparison of Swift County and Yellow Medicine County: population, income, housing, and more.

Swift County and Yellow Medicine County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Swift County has the higher population (9,787 vs 9,509 in Yellow Medicine County). Yellow Medicine County has the higher median household income ($71,573 vs $62,601 in Swift County). Yellow Medicine County has the higher median home value ($148,200 vs $147,100 in Swift County).

Population, income & housing

	Swift County	Yellow Medicine County
Population	9,787	9,509
Median age	43.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,601	$71,573
Median home value	$147,100	$148,200
Median gross rent	$900	$688
Housing units	4,697	4,512
Homeownership rate	74.3%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swift County	Yellow Medicine County
Population	9,359 → 9,787 (+4.6%)	9,814 → 9,509 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$51,620 → $62,601 (+21.3%)	$59,210 → $71,573 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$104,100 → $147,100 (+41.3%)	$110,000 → $148,200 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $900 (+37.2%)	$584 → $688 (+17.8%)

Swift County

Population

9,3599,787

Median household income

$51,620$62,601

Median home value

$104,100$147,100

Median gross rent

$656$900

Yellow Medicine County

Population

9,8149,509

Median household income

$59,210$71,573

Median home value

$110,000$148,200

Median gross rent

$584$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swift County	Yellow Medicine County
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.9%
75 and over	11.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swift County	Yellow Medicine County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swift County	Yellow Medicine County
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	32.9%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swift County	Yellow Medicine County
Drove alone	76.9%	79.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	7.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	9.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swift County	Yellow Medicine County
1-unit, detached	80.4%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	5.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Swift County	Yellow Medicine County
Poverty rate	10.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1959	1956