 The per capita income for the city was $11,710.About 4.2% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.4% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over.Swaledale is part of the West Fork Community School District, formed in 2011 by the merger of the Rockwell-Swaledale Community School District and the SCMT (Sheffield-Chapin-Meservey-Thornton) Community School District.