Census Reporter

Omaha, NE

478,203 Population
141 square miles 3,391.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 36.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Nebraska: 36.8 ±0.2

Economics

$33,786 ±$1,037 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: $35,223 ±$720
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $33,272 ±$481
$61,305 ±$1,535 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: $70,373 ±$1,489
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $63,229 ±$936

11.6% ±1.3% (54,336  ±5,877) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 9.1% 84,979 (±0.7% / ±6,850)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 9.9% 185,761 (±0.5% / ±9,589)

20.1 minutes ±0.5 (4,698,185  ±150,303) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 21.2 9,953,070 (±0.3 / ±209,415)
  • a little higher than the figure in Nebraska: 19.5 18,650,595 (±0.3 / ±351,044)

Families

188,824 ±2,348 Number of households
  • the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 367,037 ±2,750
  • Nebraska: 771,444 ±4,475
2.5 ±0 (466,186  ±1,802) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 2.5 931,875 (±0 / ±2,132)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,883,396 (±0)

6.1% ±1.2% (7,147  ±1,429) 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: 5.5% † 12,336 (±0.8% / ±1,714)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 6.1% 26,897 (±0.6% / ±2,424)

Housing

203,034 ±1,749 Number of housing units
  • the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 394,296 ±964
  • Nebraska: 851,167 ±429

$175,800 ±$3,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: $190,800 ±$2,563
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $172,700 ±$1,716

15.4% ±1.4% (72,536  ±6,561.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 13.7% 128,247 (±0.8% / ±7,641.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 15.1% 288,474 (±0.6% / ±11,866.4)

Social

90.6% ±2.3% (282,032  ±7,257.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 92.7% 580,340 (±1.6% / ±10,359.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92% 1,170,498 (±1.1% / ±13,836.3)
39.7% ±1.5% (123,488  ±4,785.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 37.7% 235,927 (±1% / ±6,419.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 33.2% 422,587 (±0.7% / ±8,468.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

11.5% ±1.1% (54,992  ±5,145) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 7.7% 73,378 (±0.5% / ±5,136)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 7.4% 142,468 (±0.4% / ±7,036)

6.6% ±0.6% (23,637  ±2,220) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area: 8.6% 60,110 (±0.5% / ±3,184)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 112,177 (±0.3% / ±3,696)
23,637 Total veterans ±2,220 21,981 Male ±2,113 1,656 Female ±501

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