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Seward, NE

7,665 Population
4.4 square miles 1,743.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 34.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$32,685 ±$2,009 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $40,527 ±$838
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$70,000 ±$10,512 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $73,095 ±$1,633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

7.8% ±2.9% (522  ±192) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 11.4% 37,396 (±0.6% / ±1,896)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

18.1 minutes ±2.2 (64,130  ±9,443) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 19 3,101,265 (±0.4 / ±68,609)
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

2,698 ±139 Number of households
  • the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 138,807 ±713
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
2.5 ±0.1 (6,732  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 2.4 326,884 (±0 / ±208)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

6.1% ±3% (118  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 4.4% † 3,675 (±0.5% / ±434)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

2,916 ±120 Number of housing units
  • the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 145,370 ±135
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$232,500 ±$14,703 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: $257,500 ±$3,502
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

21% ±4.6% (1,592  ±344.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 17.5% 59,310 (±0.9% / ±2,876.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

95.6% ±7.5% (4,105  ±352.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 93.6% 200,355 (±1.4% / ±3,052.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
37.2% ±4.9% (1,598  ±216.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 40.6% 86,911 (±0.9% / ±1,899.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

0.8% ±0.6% (60  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 8.1% 27,627
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

5.1% ±1.5% (302  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area: 5.9% 15,459 (±0.3% / ±773)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
302 Total veterans ±87 292 Male ±82 10 Female ±17

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