Seward vs Utica

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

Seward and Utica 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 1,092 in Utica). Utica has the higher median household income ($81,797 vs $70,000 in Seward). Seward has the higher median home value ($232,500 vs $179,700 in Utica).

Population, income & housing

	Seward	Utica
Population	7,665	1,092
Median age	30.9 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$81,797
Median home value	$232,500	$179,700
Median gross rent	$986	$843
Housing units	2,916	406
Homeownership rate	59.5%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seward	Utica
Population	7,176 → 7,665 (+6.8%)	922 → 1,092 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$68,642 → $70,000 (+2.0%)	$69,643 → $81,797 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$158,700 → $232,500 (+46.5%)	$131,400 → $179,700 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $986 (+38.1%)	$750 → $843 (+12.4%)

Seward

Population

7,1767,665

Median household income

$68,642$70,000

Median home value

$158,700$232,500

Median gross rent

$714$986

Utica

Population

9221,092

Median household income

$69,643$81,797

Median home value

$131,400$179,700

Median gross rent

$750$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seward	Utica
Under 5	6.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	23.4%
18 to 24	21.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.1%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.0%
75 and over	8.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seward	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seward	Utica
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	26.4%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seward	Utica
Drove alone	73.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.5%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seward	Utica
1-unit, detached	69.1%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Seward	Utica
Poverty rate	7.8%	8.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1977	1954