Swan, Iowa

Population

Growing. Up 3.9% since 2020.

79

people, the 846th-largest of Iowa's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Iowa's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

Rent

Median rent is $825 a month.

$825

a month. Iowa's median is $972.

Census ACS 5-year, 2005-2009 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $452.

A $452 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Marion County.

• $775 Tract 301.01
• $1,227 Tract 302.01

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 90% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 61% less than Iowa's.

$81,300

median home value in Swan.

• $81,300 Swan
• $208,000 Iowa
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year