The typical Swea City home is worth about $109,000, up 0.7% in a year, 54% below the Iowa typical home. 70% of households live in a home they own in the town.

$109KZillow home value

	Swea City	Iowa towns	U.S. towns
Median rent	$661 a month	$911 a month	$1,185 a month
Households that own their home	70%	70%	73%

Typical home value

Swea City$109K

Iowa$237K

+0.7%

value change, 1 year

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Prices over the yearsUp 0.7% in a year Years of income to buyA typical home costs 2.3 years of income Rents$661 a month · Median rent

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Schools

The schools Swea City’s kids attend

Its public schools are run by the North Kossuth Community School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.

School	Level	Students	Letter
North Kossuth Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5	Grades PK–5	131	B

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The districtsNorth Kossuth Comm School District Every school2 schools · North Kossuth Elementary School Questions“Are Swea City’s schools good?”

NCES · EDFacts

Climate

Swea City has four seasons and pleasant summers

Its peak summer temperature is 82°F.

40″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter11–27°

Spring35–56°

Summer59–81°

Fall38–59°

Oct 1

typical first frost

May 4

typical last frost

+1.0°

vs. the 20th-century average

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A year of weatherJuly highs 82°, January lows 7°Rain & snow40″ of snow a winter · 32 inches of rain and snow a year Heating & coolingMostly a heating bill Then and now+1.0° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Work & commute

A larger share of residents live below the poverty line in Swea City than in most of Iowa or the rest of the country

Among working residents in Swea City, 10% work locally. In Swea City, the income of the median household is $48,000, below both Iowa’s towns ($69,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). The town’s mean commuting time is 22 minutes. The top destinations are Algona (9%), Bancroft (6%) and Blue Earth (5%).

10%work in town

	Swea City	Iowa towns	U.S. towns
Below the poverty line	27%	11%	9.6%
Working residents who work in town	10%	31%	8%
Median household income	$48,000	$69,000	$80,000
Average trip to work	22 minutes	19 minutes	25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Swea City10%

Algona9%

Bancroft6%

Blue Earth5%

Buffalo Center4%

22 mi

median commute distance

220

jobs based in Swea City

Balanced

jobs vs. working residents

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The jobs here220 jobs based here · Balanced Where people work10% work in Swea City Commute times22 minutes · The average commute How far they goHalf commute less than 22 miles

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Natural hazards

The biggest natural risk in Swea City is drought, at a low overall level

Expected losses in Swea City break down as 37% from drought and 26% from inland flooding. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2019.

37risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

DroughtInland floodingCold waves

federal disasters paid out here

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What it facesLow risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters5 federal disasters · Paid out in Swea City Get ready14 events a year, on average · Ready for drought

FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Health

How healthy Swea City is

For adults in Swea City, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 22%. The town does better than the Iowa average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 11. Only 5 of the 141 Iowa towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Swea City. Among adults in the town, 40% have high blood pressure and 15% report frequent physical distress.

	Swea City	Iowa towns	U.S. towns
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)	15%	12%	12%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)	40%	35%	35%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)	15%	13%	14%
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)	30%	26%	25%