Gage County vs Seward County

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

Gage County and Seward County are counties in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gage County has the higher population (21,646 vs 17,636 in Seward County). Seward County has the higher median household income ($81,122 vs $64,426 in Gage County). Seward County has the higher median home value ($232,400 vs $167,100 in Gage County).

Population, income & housing

	Gage County	Seward County
Population	21,646	17,636
Median age	42.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,426	$81,122
Median home value	$167,100	$232,400
Median gross rent	$770	$969
Housing units	10,390	7,138
Homeownership rate	72.3%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gage County	Seward County
Population	21,594 → 21,646 (+0.2%)	17,171 → 17,636 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$53,110 → $64,426 (+21.3%)	$70,389 → $81,122 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $167,100 (+43.8%)	$168,200 → $232,400 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $770 (+20.3%)	$724 → $969 (+33.8%)

Gage County

Population

21,59421,646

Median household income

$53,110$64,426

Median home value

$116,200$167,100

Median gross rent

$640$770

Seward County

Population

17,17117,636

Median household income

$70,389$81,122

Median home value

$168,200$232,400

Median gross rent

$724$969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gage County	Seward County
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	13.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.3%
75 and over	10.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gage County	Seward County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gage County	Seward County
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gage County	Seward County
Drove alone	83.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gage County	Seward County
1-unit, detached	83.7%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Gage County	Seward County
Poverty rate	13.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1962	1970