Macksville vs Seward

A side-by-side comparison of Macksville and Seward: population, income, housing, and more.

Macksville and Seward are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Macksville has the higher population (585 vs 88 in Seward). Macksville has the higher median household income ($55,214 vs $51,522 in Seward). Macksville has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $91,700 in Seward).

Population, income & housing

	Macksville	Seward
Population	585	88
Median age	30.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,214	$51,522
Median home value	$92,500	$91,700
Median gross rent	$542	—
Housing units	265	52
Homeownership rate	66.8%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macksville	Seward
Population	500 → 585 (+17.0%)	47 → 88 (+87.2%)
Median household income	$46,750 → $55,214 (+18.1%)	$39,375 → $51,522 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$47,800 → $92,500 (+93.5%)	$27,500 → $91,700 (+233.5%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $542 (-32.8%)	—

Macksville

Population

500585

Median household income

$46,750$55,214

Median home value

$47,800$92,500

Median gross rent

$806$542

Seward

Population

4788

Median household income

$39,375$51,522

Median home value

$27,500$91,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macksville	Seward
Under 5	4.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	25.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	15.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	31.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	4.5%
75 and over	2.1%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macksville	Seward
White (non-Hispanic)	47.2%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macksville	Seward
No high school diploma	8.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macksville	Seward
Drove alone	72.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	9.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macksville	Seward
1-unit, detached	92.5%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Macksville	Seward
Poverty rate	12.6%	9.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1938	1963