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Omaha city, Douglas County, NE

489,263 Population
142.9 square miles 3,423.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Douglas County: 35.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,776 ±$1,510 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Douglas County: $44,135 ±$1,350
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $41,026 ±$641
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$71,640 ±$2,145 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Douglas County: $80,382 ±$2,697
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $76,376 ±$1,384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.2% ±1.7% (68,187  ±7,903) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Douglas County: 12.1% † 71,433 (±1.3% / ±7,909)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.9% 212,793 (±0.6% / ±11,375)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20 minutes ±0.7 (4,384,330  ±187,274) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Douglas County: 20.5 5,520,135 (±0.5 / ±197,383)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 19.9 18,578,820 (±0.3 / ±366,712)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

202,635 ±2,818 Number of households
  • Douglas County: 243,978 ±2,551
  • Nebraska: 824,012 ±4,590
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (478,882  ±266) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Douglas County: 2.4 589,775 (±0 / ±248)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,957,677
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.2% ±1.3% (7,458  ±1,519) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Douglas County: 5.8% † 8,624 (±1.1% / ±1,663)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 29,564 (±0.6% / ±2,914)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

214,685 ±1,948 Number of housing units
  • Douglas County: 257,743 ±107
  • Nebraska: 880,521 ±737
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$269,500 ±$5,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Douglas County: $290,000 ±$5,532
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $263,100 ±$3,117
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.2% ±1.6% (78,075  ±7,494.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Douglas County: 15.3% 90,800 (±1.4% / ±8,537.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.1% 259,949 (±0.6% / ±12,627.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.8% ±2.6% (291,136  ±8,564.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Douglas County: 91.6% 361,151 (±2.4% / ±9,359.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.7% 1,229,269 (±1.2% / ±15,848.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.8% ±1.6% (127,682  ±5,249.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Douglas County: 42.3% 166,840 (±1.5% / ±5,883.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 35.4% 469,144 (±0.7% / ±9,682.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.6% ±1% (61,427  ±4,978) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Douglas County: 11.8% 70,743
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 9% 180,857
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.9% ±0.6% (18,001  ±2,113) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Douglas County: 5.1% † 23,099 (±0.6% / ±2,592)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 97,319 (±0.3% / ±4,909)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
18,001 Total veterans ±2,113 16,498 Male ±1,864 1,503 Female ±588

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