Seward vs Staplehurst

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

Seward and Staplehurst 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 295 in Staplehurst). Staplehurst has the higher median household income ($80,379 vs $70,000 in Seward). Seward has the higher median home value ($232,500 vs $65,600 in Staplehurst).

Population, income & housing

	Seward	Staplehurst
Population	7,665	295
Median age	30.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$80,379
Median home value	$232,500	$65,600
Median gross rent	$986	$950
Housing units	2,916	155
Homeownership rate	59.5%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seward	Staplehurst
Population	7,176 → 7,665 (+6.8%)	260 → 295 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$68,642 → $70,000 (+2.0%)	$49,318 → $80,379 (+63.0%)
Median home value	$158,700 → $232,500 (+46.5%)	$82,900 → $65,600 (-20.9%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $986 (+38.1%)	$671 → $950 (+41.6%)

Seward

Population

7,1767,665

Median household income

$68,642$70,000

Median home value

$158,700$232,500

Median gross rent

$714$986

Staplehurst

Population

260295

Median household income

$49,318$80,379

Median home value

$82,900$65,600

Median gross rent

$671$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seward	Staplehurst
Under 5	6.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	21.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	30.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	8.1%	6.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.5%
75 and over	8.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seward	Staplehurst
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seward	Staplehurst
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	26.4%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seward	Staplehurst
Drove alone	73.9%	92.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	2.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seward	Staplehurst
1-unit, detached	69.1%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Seward	Staplehurst
Poverty rate	7.8%	4.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1977	1938