Beaver Crossing vs Seward

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

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

Seward has the higher population (7,665 vs 324 in Beaver Crossing). Seward has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $65,357 in Beaver Crossing). Seward has the higher median home value ($232,500 vs $132,700 in Beaver Crossing).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Crossing	Seward
Population	324	7,665
Median age	54.7 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,357	$70,000
Median home value	$132,700	$232,500
Median gross rent	$950	$986
Housing units	150	2,916
Homeownership rate	94.4%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Crossing	Seward
Population	390 → 324 (-16.9%)	7,176 → 7,665 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$55,536 → $65,357 (+17.7%)	$68,642 → $70,000 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $132,700 (+65.9%)	$158,700 → $232,500 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $950 (+14.3%)	$714 → $986 (+38.1%)

Beaver Crossing

Population

390324

Median household income

$55,536$65,357

Median home value

$80,000$132,700

Median gross rent

$831$950

Seward

Population

7,1767,665

Median household income

$68,642$70,000

Median home value

$158,700$232,500

Median gross rent

$714$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Crossing	Seward
Under 5	3.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	21.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	20.7%	8.5%
75 and over	13.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Crossing	Seward
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Crossing	Seward
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	47.0%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Crossing	Seward
Drove alone	84.1%	73.9%
Carpooled	3.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	8.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Crossing	Seward
1-unit, detached	88.7%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Crossing	Seward
Poverty rate	17.9%	7.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1938	1977