Seward County, Nebraska

Seward County has a population of 17,641 and has grown 2.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $241,300, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $82,444.

Home price
$241,300
Income
$82,444
Population
17,641
Unemployment
2.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$241,300county
Median gross rent$980county
Median year homes here were built1970county
Share of homes built before 198064.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,392(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$967county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$756county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,345county
Home insurance / yr$4,553(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.6(statewide)
Median household income$82,444county
Family health premium / yr$23,696(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,106(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.842(statewide)
Poverty rate7.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.9%county
Unemployment rate2.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force67.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.7%county
Share of workers employed by government17.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.6%county
Economic output per resident$61,781county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.18%county
Top state income tax4.55%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.55%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.98%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service18 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport129968county
Miles to nearest general aviation field0.8 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station21 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.3%county
Traffic deaths56.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0004.5(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher33.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.7%county
Public schools in the county8county
Public school enrollment2809county
Students per full-time teacher13.5county
Free lunch eligible22.0%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools2county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians63county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter6.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year9.3%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.3%county
Frequent mental distress12.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity22.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.2%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population17,641county
Land area in square miles571county
People per square mile of land30.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store20.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+2.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age38.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.2%county
Share of households that are one person24.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.2%county
Second languages3.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls66.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents244county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents6county
Households that moved in451county
Households that moved away447county
Average income of arriving households$54,774county
Average income of departing households$56,383county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year56county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings3.6%county
Violent crime rate221(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature52.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation27.6 incounty
Annual snowfall28.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.28 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F30 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing118 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days170 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 26county
Average first fall frostOct 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$146county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh9.7¢county
Household electricity use1,516 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.40(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity31.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas45.1%county
Homes heated by propane19.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood1.2%county
Households with broadband88.6%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk23.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk64.9county
Landslide risk10.8county
Hail risk91.3county
Earthquake risk14.4county
Tornado risk59.9county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk18.0county
Winter weather risk60.0county
Strong wind risk65.7county
Wildfire risk72.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Seward County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Nebraska figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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