Seward is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Seward enrolled in college, Seward has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Seward is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Seward are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.21% of adults in Seward have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Seward in 2022 was $32,685, which is lower middle income relative to Nebraska, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,740 for a family of four. However, Seward contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Seward home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seward residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Seward include German, Irish, Czech, English, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Seward is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
