Otoe County vs Seward County

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

Otoe 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.

Seward County has the higher population (17,636 vs 16,075 in Otoe County). Otoe County has the higher median household income ($81,430 vs $81,122 in Seward County). Seward County has the higher median home value ($232,400 vs $185,000 in Otoe County).

Population, income & housing

	Otoe County	Seward County
Population	16,075	17,636
Median age	41.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,430	$81,122
Median home value	$185,000	$232,400
Median gross rent	$905	$969
Housing units	6,987	7,138
Homeownership rate	80.2%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otoe County	Seward County
Population	15,949 → 16,075 (+0.8%)	17,171 → 17,636 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $81,430 (+37.6%)	$70,389 → $81,122 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$143,900 → $185,000 (+28.6%)	$168,200 → $232,400 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $905 (+30.8%)	$724 → $969 (+33.8%)

Otoe County

Population

15,94916,075

Median household income

$59,167$81,430

Median home value

$143,900$185,000

Median gross rent

$692$905

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)

	Otoe County	Seward County
Under 5	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	13.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.3%
75 and over	8.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otoe County	Seward County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otoe County	Seward County
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	33.4%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otoe County	Seward County
Drove alone	80.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Otoe County	Seward County
1-unit, detached	85.7%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Otoe County	Seward County
Poverty rate	9.5%	6.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1967	1970