Seneca vs Thedford

A side-by-side comparison of Seneca and Thedford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thedford has the higher population (215 vs 28 in Seneca). Thedford has the higher median household income ($73,867 vs $36,250 in Seneca). Since 2019, Thedford's population has grown faster (+13.2% vs -20.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Seneca	Thedford
Population	28	215
Median age	51.0 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$73,867
Median home value	—	$78,800
Median gross rent	—	$680
Housing units	38	154
Homeownership rate	39.1%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seneca	Thedford
Population	35 → 28 (-20.0%)	190 → 215 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $36,250 (+26.1%)	$45,625 → $73,867 (+61.9%)
Median home value	—	$84,200 → $78,800 (-6.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$567 → $680 (+19.9%)

Seneca

Population

3528

Median household income

$28,750$36,250

Thedford

Population

190215

Median household income

$45,625$73,867

Median home value

$84,200$78,800

Median gross rent

$567$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seneca	Thedford
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.6%
18 to 24	46.4%	1.9%
25 to 34	3.6%	46.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	28.6%	14.0%
75 and over	21.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seneca	Thedford
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	81.9%
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	7.1%	18.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seneca	Thedford
No high school diploma	26.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seneca	Thedford
Drove alone	93.8%	56.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	34.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seneca	Thedford
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Seneca	Thedford
Poverty rate	14.3%	5.6%
Average household size	1.22	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	—	9
Median year structure built	1971	1938