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Omaha, NE-IA · 8 counties · 1,009,836 residents (2025 est.) · 4,346 sq mi
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Omaha is home to 982,064 people. That puts it in the top 2% of US metro areas for household income. Growth has run 28% since 2000, or 215,023 more people. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $267,787. The foreign-born share is 8%. The average commute runs 21 minutes.

At a glance
Average income
median household income $85,433, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.7
US median: 38.9
More educated
39% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 48%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Omaha

What changed most since 1990

  • Median home value (2024 dollars)$137,405 → $267,787 (+95%)US over the same years: +67%

Among the 12 metro and micro areas based in Nebraska

  • 1st in household income$85,433
  • 2nd in share with a bachelor's degree39.4%
  • 2nd in home value$267,787
  • 4th in diversity score55.1
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
982,064
+28%since 2000
from 767,041 in 2000
1,009,836 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
226 / sq mi
+28%since 2000
from 177 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
36.7
+8%since 2000
from 34.1 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
4,346 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
656K745K834K923K1.0M19902000201020202024Omaha
2024982K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 56.5%(63,967)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 97%(68,343)
US avg: 6%
10 to 147.3%(71,550)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.9%(67,610)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 246.2%(61,295)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3413.9%(136,430)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4414%(137,923)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5411.6%(113,926)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6411.8%(115,635)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 749.1%(89,545)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 844.1%(40,707)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.5%(15,133)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$85,433
+5%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $44,635 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$45,491
+108%since 2000
from $21,892 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
55.5%
+22.8 ptssince 2009
from 32.7% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
10.0%
+1.7 ptssince 2000
from 8.4% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.454
+6%since 2010
from 0.427 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information10.6%
US avg: 10.8%
Other services10%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration8.4%
US avg: 4.8%
Retail trade8.2%
US avg: 9.9%
Wholesale trade7.7%
US avg: 6.9%
Finance & insurance6%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical4.9%
US avg: 5.1%
Transportation & warehousing2.4%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.6%
US avg: 1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing1.4%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction1.3%
US avg: 1.2%
Education & health services1.1%
US avg: 0.9%
Manufacturing0.1%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$267,787
+48%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $99,645 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,185
+20%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $544 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
66.3%
−0.7 ptssince 2000
from 67.0% in 2000
33.7% rent
Vacancy rate
5.4%
−2.4 ptssince 2009
from 7.8% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.48 people
−2%since 2009
from 2.52 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
19.0%
−5.0 ptssince 2009
from 24.0% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
44.6%
+4.1 ptssince 2009
from 40.6% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
3.1
+21%since 2009
from 2.6 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
68
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic83.8%(642,830)
Black7.7%(58,890)
Hispanic / Latino5.2%(40,232)
Asian1.4%(10,820)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic72.4%(710,938)
Black7.2%(70,339)
Hispanic / Latino12.3%(120,548)
Asian3.3%(32,390)
Other4.9%(47,849)
Diversity Score
55
+37%since 2009
from 40 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
39
−12%since 2020
from 44 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican8.8%(86,035)
Central American1.6%(15,243)
Guatemalan0.7%(6,328)
Salvadoran0.7%(6,318)
South American0.5%(4,494)
Puerto Rican0.4%(3,893)
Cuban0.3%(2,786)
Spaniard0.2%(1,933)
Venezuelan0.2%(1,477)
Honduran0.1%(1,226)
Colombian0.1%(1,202)
Dominican0.1%(838)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Chilean0.1%(664)
Nicaraguan0.1%(601)
Panamanian0.1%(490)
Peruvian0.1%(485)
Ecuadorian0%(215)
Bolivian0%(169)
Argentine0%(150)
Uruguayan0%(121)
Asian origin
Asian Indian0.8%(7,512)
Burmese0.6%(5,156)
Vietnamese0.4%(3,628)
Filipino0.4%(3,419)
Chinese0.3%(3,154)
Nepalese0.3%(2,598)
Korean0.1%(1,355)
Kazakh0.1%(1,010)
Bhutanese0.2%(980)
Japanese0.1%(688)
Thai0.1%(681)
Laotian0%(235)
+ 8 more asian origin groups with data
Taiwanese0%(213)
Hmong0%(133)
Pakistani0%(125)
Cambodian0%(85)
Mongolian0%(71)
Pacific Islander origin
Samoan0%(347)
Chamorro0%(324)
Guamanian0%(45)
Ancestry
German27.3%(268,058)
Irish12.9%(126,408)
English10%(98,549)
Italian3.6%(35,749)
American3.6%(34,994)
Polish3.4%(33,491)
Czech3%(29,881)
Swedish2.7%(26,287)
Danish2.1%(20,414)
Norwegian2%(19,223)
French1.7%(16,612)
Scottish1.7%(16,589)
+ 51 more ancestry groups with data
Subsaharan African1.4%(13,506)
Dutch1.3%(13,014)
Scotch-Irish0.7%(6,388)
Welsh0.4%(4,204)
Arab0.4%(4,184)
Russian0.4%(3,770)
British0.3%(2,867)
Swiss0.3%(2,518)
Greek0.3%(2,513)
French Canadian0.2%(2,340)
Hungarian0.2%(1,796)
Lithuanian0.2%(1,726)
Croatian0.2%(1,668)
Canadian0.2%(1,490)
Ukrainian0.2%(1,450)
West Indian0.2%(1,420)
Lebanese0.1%(1,383)
Belgian0.1%(1,287)
Austrian0.1%(1,260)
Nigerian0.1%(1,245)
Somali0.1%(1,109)
Finnish0.1%(1,056)
Portuguese0.1%(923)
Iranian0.1%(864)
Syrian0.1%(830)
Serbian0.1%(791)
Romanian0.1%(640)
Jamaican0.1%(508)
Latvian0.1%(487)
Slovak0%(418)
Iraqi0%(394)
Turkish0%(299)
Ethiopian0%(298)
Haitian0%(282)
Egyptian0%(277)
Kenyan0%(244)
Slovene0%(228)
Jordanian0%(222)
Armenian0%(205)
Guyanese0%(197)
Bulgarian0%(143)
Ghanaian0%(141)
Australian0%(138)
Brazilian0%(94)
Barbadian0%(31)
Moroccan0%(22)
Israeli0%(16)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
39.4%
+12.2 ptssince 2000
from 27.2% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
92.7%
+4.8 ptssince 2000
from 87.9% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
14.6%
+6.2 ptssince 2000
from 8.3% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
20.9 min
+74%since 2000
from 12.0 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
74.3%
−7.8 ptssince 2009
from 82.1% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
7.8%
−2.3 ptssince 2009
from 10.1% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.6%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 0.9% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
14.5%
+10.8 ptssince 2009
from 3.7% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.4%
−0.8 ptssince 2009
from 2.2% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.2%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.1% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
5.7%
−0.7 ptssince 2009
from 6.4% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
3.4%
−2.7 ptssince 2011
from 6.1% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
69.8%
−3.1 ptssince 2011
from 72.9% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
79.6%
+0.1 ptssince 2020
from 79.5% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
12.5%
+1.3 ptssince 2009
from 11.2% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
44.4%
+8.1 ptssince 2009
from 36.3% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.9%
+0.5 ptssince 2009
from 49.4% in 2009
Female
50.1%
−0.5 ptssince 2009
from 50.6% in 2009
Foreign born
8.3%
+2.3 ptssince 2009
from 6.0% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
7.8%
−4.4 ptssince 2009
from 12.2% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
11.4%
+1.2 ptssince 2012
from 10.3% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
6.9%
−4.2 ptssince 2013
from 11.1% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
92.1%
+11.2 ptssince 2017
from 80.9% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
96.1%
+3.5 ptssince 2020
from 92.6% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
87.2%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 85.4% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
87.0%
−1.7 ptssince 2016
from 88.7% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
8.1%
+0.9 ptssince 2016
from 7.3% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married35.6%(137,277)
Married53.2%(205,295)
Widowed2.2%(8,633)
Divorced8.9%(34,452)
Women 15+
Never married29.8%(116,954)
Married51.1%(200,570)
Widowed6.9%(27,228)
Divorced12.2%(47,795)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
6.9%
−4.2 ptssince 2013
from 11.1% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
60.8%
−1.1 ptssince 2020
from 61.9% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
13.4%
Unchangedsince 2020
from 13.4% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
15.7%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 14.9% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
15.6%
+2.1 ptssince 2020
from 13.5% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
2.6%
+0.1 ptssince 2020
from 2.5% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
74.0%
−1.6 ptssince 2020
from 75.6% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
30.1%
+2.7 ptssince 2020
from 27.4% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)32.3%(18,303)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)30.5%(17,277)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era29.3%(16,560)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.5%(2,007)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.6%(340)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 56,592 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Omaha, decade by decade

Omaha population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
1990685,797$71,929$137,40521.8%25.0
2000767,041$81,310$181,51927.2%36.1
2010865,350$79,615$205,70432.4%45.6
2020967,604$84,444$221,00637.2%57.1
2024982,064$85,433$267,78739.4%55.1

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

In this metro

Largest cities

OmahaCENTRAL488,797Bellevue64,863Council Bluffs62,680Papillion25,127La Vista16,543Chalco10,595Gretna9,207Blair7,997Plattsmouth6,955Ralston6,382Offutt AFB6,074Glenwood5,287Wahoo5,023Carter Lake3,670Ashland3,483Valley3,412Missouri Valley2,616Bennington1,968Woodbine1,705Avoca1,661Springfield1,529Oakland1,489Yutan1,451Louisville1,419Logan1,352Arlington1,329Eagle1,206Fort Calhoun1,108Treynor1,088Malvern1,073

The 30 most populous of 95 cities and towns in this metro. CENTRAL marks the metro's principal cities.

What's inside

8 component counties

Douglas CountyCENTRAL606,460Sarpy CountyCENTRAL208,303Pottawattamie CountyCENTRAL92,996Cass County27,657Saunders County23,702Washington County21,302Mills County14,793Harrison County14,623
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Frequently asked

How many people live in Omaha, NE-IA?

Omaha, NE-IA has about 982,064 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Omaha, NE-IA?

The typical household in Omaha, NE-IA earns about $85,433 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Omaha, NE-IA expensive?

In Omaha, NE-IA, the median home is worth about $267,787, and the typical rent is about $1,185 a month.

How educated are people in Omaha, NE-IA?

About 39.4% of adults age 25 and over in Omaha, NE-IA hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Omaha, NE-IA?

About 10.0% of people in Omaha, NE-IA live below the federal poverty line.

Has Omaha, NE-IA grown since 1990?

Yes, Omaha, NE-IA has grown since 1990. The population has added about 296,267 residents, a change of about 43 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · METRO ROLLUP OF COMPONENT COUNTIES · UPDATED 2024

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