What is the population of Swansea village?

Swansea village has 14,603 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #169 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Swansea village?

Median household income in Swansea village is $84,367 a year, 7.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Swansea village?

Median gross rent is $1,178 a month and the median home value is $211,700, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.

Is Swansea village affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Swansea village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Swansea, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Swansea, Illinois (Swansea, IL — Census place “Swansea village”) is 14,603 residents, ranking #169 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $84,367, the median home is worth $211,700 and median gross rent runs $1,178 a month. Looking for the Swansea Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Swansea, IL: 62226.

Population: 14,603Swansea village residents
Median household income: $84,367Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $211,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,178Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 75.3%Owner-occupied households

Swansea ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Swansea.

The Swansea IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

62226

What the numbers mean in Swansea village

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Swansea village median would spend about 16.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.3% of residents and 75.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Swansea village, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Swansea village is a mid-size town in Illinois, with 14,603 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #169 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 38.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Swansea village earn a median of $84,367 a year, 7.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 14% above the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 8.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Swansea village is valued at $211,700, 30.2% below the national figure and 18% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,178 a month, 16.2% below the national figure, or roughly $14,136 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 75.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Swansea village?: Swansea village has 14,603 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #169 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Swansea village?: Median household income in Swansea village is $84,367 a year, 7.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Swansea village?: Median gross rent is $1,178 a month and the median home value is $211,700, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.
Is Swansea village affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Swansea village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Swansea village data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.