Census Reporter

Omaha, NE

479,529 Population
141.6 square miles 3,387.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 36.6 ±0.2

Economics

$34,449 ±$615 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: $35,722 ±$417
  • a little higher than the amount in Nebraska: $33,205 ±$275
$62,213 ±$969 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: $69,439 ±$762
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $63,015 ±$563

12% ±0.6% (56,080  ±2,755) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 9.3% 85,681 (±0.3% / ±3,024)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.4% 193,820 (±0.3% / ±4,792)

19.3 minutes ±0.2 (4,428,515  ±68,936) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 20.7 9,369,095 (±0.2 / ±88,149)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 18.9 17,542,745 (±0.1 / ±147,771)

Families

189,922 ±1,179 Number of households
  • the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 364,079 ±1,261
  • Nebraska: 766,663 ±2,410
2.5 ±0 (467,598  ±1,476) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 2.5 922,386 (±0 / ±844)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,872,618 (±0)

6.5% ±0.5% (7,557  ±620) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 6% 13,266 (±0.3% / ±750)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 6.3% 27,343 (±0.3% / ±1,108)

Housing

203,215 ±742 Number of housing units
  • the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 390,062 ±397
  • Nebraska: 844,248 ±413

$167,800 ±$1,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: $181,200 ±$1,674
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $164,000 ±$720

15.9% ±0.6% (75,195  ±2,994.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 14.6% 135,319 (±0.4% / ±3,953.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 15.3% 290,954 (±0.3% / ±5,593.9)

Social

89.8% ±1.1% (281,942  ±3,455.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 92% 568,190 (±0.8% / ±4,664.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 91.6% 1,153,356 (±0.5% / ±6,410.6)
38.3% ±0.7% (120,242  ±2,204.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 37% 228,612 (±0.5% / ±2,863.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 32.5% 409,315 (±0.3% / ±3,620.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data

10.8% ±0.4% (51,533  ±1,711) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 7.6% 71,486 (±0.2% / ±1,971)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 7.4% 142,616 (±0.2% / ±2,935)

6.8% ±0.3% (24,488  ±933) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 8.8% 60,871 (±0.2% / ±1,495)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.9% 113,567 (±0.1% / ±1,889)
24,488 Total veterans ±933 22,201 Male ±855 2,287 Female ±340

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