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Seward city, Nebraska: commercial real estate data.
Seward city is a Census city of 7,678 people across 4.40 square miles of land, in Seward County. Median household income is $72,564, 60.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.4 m.
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Seward
What Seward is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.4 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,747
- County holding the largest share of its areaSeward County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seward
How many people live in Seward
- Population7,678
- Median age32.0
- Population under 181,746
- Share under 1822.7 percent
- Population 65 and over1,320
- Share 65 and over17.2 percent
- Households2,787
- Family households1,936
- Share of households that are families69.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seward
Income and work in Seward
- Median household income$72,564
- Per capita income$32,864
- Civilian labor force3,969
- Employed3,902
- Unemployed67 plus or minus 51
- Unemployment rate1.7 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over4,342
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.9 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seward
Housing in Seward
- Housing units2,997
- Occupied units2,787
- Vacant units210 plus or minus 121
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied1,688
- Renter occupied1,099
- Ownership rate60.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$244,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,018
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.8 percent
- Single family units2,215
- Share single family73.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more758 plus or minus 205
- Share in buildings of two or more25.3 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes24 plus or minus 36
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seward
How Seward gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,605
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,739
- Share commuting under 15 minutes48.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,188 plus or minus 253
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.0 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Drove alone75.3 percent
- Carpooled8.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked7.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home6.2 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seward
SBA loans in Seward (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$3,446,500
- Average approval$344,650
- Median approval$237,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$905,000
- Largest approval$905,000
- Jobs supported76
- Jobs per approval7.6
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more30.0 percent
- Share to franchises10.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Seward
SBA loans in Seward (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,109,000
- Average approval$554,500
- Median approval$591,000
- Largest approval$591,000
- Jobs supported17
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Seward County, not Seward
Seward County context, not Seward figures
These are Seward County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Seward measurements.
- Establishments in Seward County485
- Employment at those establishments, Seward County5,434
- Covered employment, Seward County5,990
- Average annual pay, Seward County$51,719
- Average weekly wage, Seward County$995
- Housing units permitted, Seward County101
- Of those, single family, Seward County53
- County product, 2024, Seward County$1,089,877,000
- County product change over the prior year, Seward County6.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Seward County$55,286
Every figure in this section is published for Seward County as a whole and is not a measurement of Seward. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Seward questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Seward, Nebraska?
7,678, in 2,787 households. Seward city covers 4.40 square miles of land, which is 1,747 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Seward in?
Seward County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Seward?
$72,564. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $244,600. Median gross rent is $1,018 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Seward businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $3.4 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $237,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Seward, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Seward borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Seward. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Seward figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Seward County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Seward.
Is zoning published for Seward?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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