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Seward city, Seward County, NE

7,678 Population
4.4 square miles 1,746.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Seward County: 38 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,864 ±$2,039 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Seward County: $38,704 ±$1,483
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
$72,564 ±$8,661 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Seward County: $82,444 ±$4,539
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633

9.6% ±3.4% (648  ±228) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Seward County: 7.4% † 1,208 (±1.7% / ±278)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)

21.9 minutes ±2 (79,090  ±9,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Seward County: 22.1 188,600 (±1 / ±10,691)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)

Families

2,787 ±146 Number of households
  • Seward County: 6,788 ±154
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
2.4 ±0.1 (6,782  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Seward County: 2.4 16,390 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011

4.6% ±2.8% (88  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Seward County: 5.4% † 205 (±1.7% / ±66)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)

Housing

2,997 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Seward County: 7,206 ±55
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628

$244,600 ±$18,223 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Seward County: $241,300 ±$11,476
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365

18.9% ±4.6% (1,439  ±348.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Seward County: 12.8% † 2,243 (±2.2% / ±391.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)

Social

96.5% ±7.6% (4,191  ±362.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Seward County: 94.7% 10,531 (±4.3% / ±477.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
38.6% ±5.1% (1,674  ±229.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Seward County: 33.2% 3,690 (±2.6% / ±290.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1% ±0.7% (73  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Seward County: 1.3% 220
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084

5.1% ±1.7% (303  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Seward County: 6.2% † 831 (±1% / ±136)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
303 Total veterans ±101 291 Male ±100 12 Female ±19

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