Population: 488,837
Households: 201,698
Average household size: 2.37
Median age: 35.3 years
Median household income: $73,201
Housing units: 213,023

Population comparison

2020 Census490,924

2024 estimate488,837

Change−0.4%

Population: 488,837
Median age: 35.3 years
Male: 243,240
Female: 245,597

Median age by sex

Male median age: 34.6 years
Female median age: 36.1 years

Age by sexPopulation distribution

16,770Under 515,719

43,4445–1742,368

24,30118–2424,618

38,49225–3436,477

33,99535–4432,611

27,36545–5426,887

27,26855–6427,657

31,60565+39,260

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5–17

Male

5–9: 16,057
10–14: 16,950
15–17: 10,437

Female

5–9: 15,645
10–14: 17,133
15–17: 9,590

18–24

Male

18–19: 6,738
20: 2,730
21: 3,488
22–24: 11,345

Female

18–19: 6,858
20: 2,819
21: 3,696
22–24: 11,245

25–34

Male

25–29: 19,580
30–34: 18,912

Female

25–29: 18,949
30–34: 17,528

35–44

Male

35–39: 17,605
40–44: 16,390

Female

35–39: 16,129
40–44: 16,482

45–54

Male

45–49: 13,109
50–54: 14,256

Female

45–49: 13,277
50–54: 13,610

55–64

Male

55–59: 12,835
60–61: 5,957
62–64: 8,476

Female

55–59: 13,646
60–61: 5,127
62–64: 8,884

65+

Male

65–66: 4,700
67–69: 6,249
70–74: 9,247
75–79: 5,495
80–84: 3,419
85+: 2,495

Female

65–66: 4,994
67–69: 7,140
70–74: 11,059
75–79: 7,079
80–84: 4,275
85+: 4,713

RaceMutually exclusive counts

White alone: 325,36366.6%
Black alone: 57,64211.8%
Two or more races: 53,23210.9%
Some other race: 28,5345.8%
Asian alone: 19,8054.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native: 3,9560.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 3050.1%

Derived from published counts

Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino: 79,145
White, not Hispanic: 309,789

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity and White, not Hispanic are reported separately from race.

Family households: 115,466
Married-couple share: 70.6%
With children: 50.3%

Household sizeShare of households

71,16935.3%

1 person

61,83530.7%

2 people

26,94713.4%

3 people

21,92910.9%

4 people

19,8189.8%

5+ people

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5+ people

5 People: 11,409
6 People: 5,092
7 Plus People: 3,317

Family householdsEach subgroup is compared with its parent

All family households115,466

Married-couple families81,54070.6% of family households

With children: 34,80942.7%
Without children: 46,73157.3%

Other families33,92629.4% of family households

Male householder: 10,36530.6%
Female householder: 23,56169.4%

Family households values
Group	Value	Share of parent
All family households	115,466	Not applicable
Married-couple families	81,540	70.6%
With children	34,809	42.7%
Without children	46,731	57.3%
Other families	33,926	29.4%
Male householder	10,365	30.6%
Female householder	23,561	69.4%

Median household: $73,201
Median family: $99,432
Per capita: $43,638

Household incomeShare of households

30,70415.2%

Under $25k

36,92118.3%

$25–49k

35,28617.5%

$50–74k

25,95212.9%

$75–99k

34,60117.2%

$100–149k

17,0748.5%

$150–199k

21,16010.5%

$200k+

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Under $25k

Under $10,000: 10,454
$10,000–$14,999: 7,056
$15,000–$19,999: 6,871
$20,000–$24,999: 6,323

$25–49k

$25,000–$29,999: 6,544
$30,000–$34,999: 7,709
$35,000–$39,999: 7,482
$40,000–$44,999: 7,983
$45,000–$49,999: 7,203

$50–74k

$50,000–$59,999: 15,003
$60,000–$74,999: 20,283

$100–149k

$100,000–$124,999: 21,285
$125,000–$149,999: 13,316

Education universe: 321,617
High school or higher: 90.5%
Bachelor’s or higher: 40.1%

Educational attainmentAttainment distribution

16,5625.1%

Less than 9th grade

14,0644.4%

Grades 9–12, no diploma

68,87221.4%

High school or equivalent

68,16121.2%

Some college, no degree

25,0967.8%

Associate degree

81,39425.3%

Bachelor’s degree

47,46814.8%

Graduate or professional

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Less than 9th grade

No Schooling: 9,449
Nursery School: 184
Kindergarten: 80
First Grade: 253
Second Grade: 300
Third Grade: 358
Fourth Grade: 510
Fifth Grade: 373
Sixth Grade: 2,629
Seventh Grade: 426
Eighth Grade: 2,000

Grades 9–12, no diploma

Ninth Grade: 2,517
Tenth Grade: 2,711
Eleventh Grade: 4,407
Twelfth No Diploma: 4,429

High school or equivalent

Regular High School Diploma: 58,029
Ged Or Alternative Credential: 10,843

Some college, no degree

Some College Under 1 Year: 22,348
Some College 1 Or More Years No Degree: 45,813

Graduate or professional

Masters Degree: 31,397
Professional School Degree: 10,064
Doctorate Degree: 6,007

Educational attainment values
Category	Value
Less than 9th grade	16,562
Grades 9–12, no diploma	14,064
High school or equivalent	68,872
Some college, no degree	68,161
Associate degree	25,096
Bachelor’s degree	81,394
Graduate or professional	47,468

Marital status by sexMale and Female

4,27114,279

Widowed

18,25924,663

Divorced

2,1862,856

Separated

91,07088,622

Now Married

79,86369,536

Never Married

7,1286,842

Married Spouse Absent

83,94281,780

Married Spouse Present

Marital status by sex values
Category	Male	Female
Widowed	4,271	14,279
Divorced	18,259	24,663
Separated	2,186	2,856
Now Married	91,070	88,622
Never Married	79,863	69,536
Married Spouse Absent	7,128	6,842
Married Spouse Present	83,942	81,780

Median home value: $245,500
Median gross rent: $1,187

Housing tenure

Owner: 115,67957.4%
Renter: 86,01942.6%

Housing occupancy

Occupied: 201,69894.7%
Vacant: 11,3255.3%

Derived from published counts

Owner financing

Owners with mortgage: 74,442
Owners without mortgage: 41,237

Vacancy reason

For rent4,381

38.7%

For sale481

4.2%

Rented, not occupied719

6.3%

Sold, not occupied427

3.8%

Seasonal775

6.8%

Migrant workers44

0.4%

Other4,498

39.7%

Structure type

Detached133,096

62.5%

Attached8,317

3.9%

2–4 units7,289

3.4%

5–19 units32,268

15.1%

20+ units30,329

14.2%

Mobile or other1,724

0.8%

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2–4 units

Structure 2 Units: 2,760
Structure 3–4 Units: 4,529

5–19 units

Structure 5–9 Units: 13,149
Structure 10–19 Units: 19,119

20+ units

Structure 20–49 Units: 12,776
Structure 50 Plus Units: 17,553

Mobile or other

Structure Mobile Home: 1,681
Structure Boat Rv Van Other: 43

Year builtHousing units by period

68,63932.2%

Before 1960

61,09628.7%

1960–79

48,01622.5%

1980–99

33,53415.7%

2000–19

1,7380.8%

2020+

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Before 1960

1939 Earlier: 37,912
1940–1949: 8,582
1950–1959: 22,145

1960–79

1960–1969: 28,703
1970–1979: 32,393

1980–99

1980–1989: 23,477
1990–1999: 24,539

2000–19

2000–2009: 19,098
2010–2019: 14,436

Move-in periodOwner and Renter

Before 1990

15,965

898

1990s

15,954

1,544

2000s

23,838

5,113

2010s

43,950

35,659

2020–22

14,380

32,650

2023+

1,592

10,155

Home valueOwner-occupied homes

9,8868.5%

Under $100k

49,85643.1%

$100–249k

45,70639.5%

$250–499k

6,9636.0%

$500–749k

1,6701.4%

$750–999k

1,0280.9%

$1–1.49m

5700.5%

$1.5m+

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Under $100k

Under 10000: 917
10000–14999: 518
15000–19999: 413
20000–24999: 542
25000–29999: 213
30000–34999: 420
35000–39999: 205
40000–49999: 594
50000–59999: 1,005
60000–69999: 729
70000–79999: 676
80000–89999: 1,507
90000–99999: 2,147

$100–249k

100000–124999: 5,130
125000–149999: 5,510
150000–174999: 10,036
175000–199999: 7,946
200000–249999: 21,234

$250–499k

250000–299999: 16,024
300000–399999: 18,687
400000–499999: 10,995

$1.5m+

1500000–1999999: 195
2000000+: 375

Gross rentRenter-occupied homes

Under $5003,806

4.5%

$500–99922,112

26.3%

$1,000–1,49936,231

43.0%

$1,500–1,99915,851

18.8%

$2,000–2,4993,993

4.7%

$2,500–2,9991,058

1.3%

$3,000+1,117

1.3%

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Under $500

Under 100: 291
100–149: 108
150–199: 121
200–249: 267
250–299: 879
300–349: 482
350–399: 772
400–449: 568
450–499: 318

$500–999

500–549: 620
550–599: 604
600–649: 1,193
650–699: 1,009
700–749: 1,565
750–799: 2,737
800–899: 6,306
900–999: 8,078

$1,000–1,499

1000–1249: 21,657
1250–1499: 14,574

$3,000+

3000–3499: 252
3500+: 865

Vehicle availabilityOwner and Renter

No vehicle

2,776

12,361

1 vehicle

31,265

45,552

2 vehicles

53,211

21,069

3 vehicles

19,402

5,146

4 vehicles

6,641

1,470

5+ vehicles

2,384

421

Workers age 16+: 250,412
Average commute: 19.6 min

Travel mode

Drive alone: 179,82871.8%Derived from published counts
Carpool: 21,6768.7%Derived from published counts
Public transit: 2,5131.0%Derived from published counts
Walk or bicycle: 4,9622.0%Derived from published counts
Work from home: 37,87015.1%Derived from published counts
Other: 3,5631.4%Derived from published counts

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Walk or bicycle

Walked: 4,228
Bicycle: 734

Other

Other Transportation: 2,611
Motorcycle: 199
Taxi Or Ride Hailing: 753

Commute timeWorkers by travel time

70,62833.2%

Under 15 min

105,24349.5%

15–29 min

25,64812.1%

30–44 min

4,6432.2%

45–59 min

6,3803.0%

60+ min

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Under 15 min

Under 5: 4,871
5–9: 25,666
10–14: 40,091

15–29 min

15–19: 48,038
20–24: 40,067
25–29: 17,138

30–44 min

30–34: 20,760
35–39: 2,370
40–44: 2,518

60+ min

60–89: 3,727
90+: 2,653

Population age 16+: 383,641
Civilian labor force: 264,681
Employed: 253,531
Unemployed: 11,150
Unemployment rate: 4.2%
Poverty universe: 478,709
Persons below poverty: 64,645
Gini index: 0.49
White-collar workers: 162,880
Blue-collar workers: 50,998

Occupation by sexMale and Female

Service Occupations

17,065

22,588

Sales Office Occupations

21,577

29,807

Management Business Science Arts

52,059

59,437

Production Transportation Material Moving

23,148

7,840

Natural Resources Construction Maintenance

19,225

785

Occupation by sex values
Category	Male	Female
Service Occupations	17,065	22,588
Sales Office Occupations	21,577	29,807
Management Business Science Arts	52,059	59,437
Production Transportation Material Moving	23,148	7,840
Natural Resources Construction Maintenance	19,225	785

Employment and commuting

Resident workers: 219,044
Workplace jobs: 310,313
Internal commuters: 159,067
Inbound commuters: 151,246
Outbound commuters: 59,977
Net worker inflow: 91,269

Coverage status

Insured: 438,52890.7%Derived from published counts
Uninsured: 44,6999.3%

Uninsured by ageResidents without coverage

8,03618.0%

Under 19

17,40938.9%

Age 19–34

18,57841.6%

Age 35–64

6761.5%

Age 65+

Nativity

Native born: 433,47388.7%
Foreign born: 55,36411.3%

Citizenship

Naturalized citizen: 20,114
Not a citizen: 35,250

Residential mobility

Same house: 413,135
Within same county: 40,412
From another county: 10,175
From another state: 14,425
From abroad: 3,860

Source vintages

Demographics: 2024 ACS 5-year
Historical baseline: 2020 Census
Employment: 2023 LODES

Report quality

Status: complete
kind: published geography
estimated: false

Historical housing baseline

2020 housing units: 209,725

The 2020 Census is used only as a historical population and housing baseline. It is not an annual population series and no intermediate years are inferred.

Named-geography values are published ACS estimates; margins of error are retained alongside direct values where supplied.

Geography	Population	Median income	Median age	Owner occupied
Omaha city, Nebraska	488,837	$73,201	35.3 years	57.4%
United States	334,922,500	$80,734	38.9 years	65.2%
Nebraska	1,978,707	$76,475	37.2 years	66.5%

Category	Male	Female
Under 5	16,770	15,719
5–17	43,444	42,368
18–24	24,301	24,618
25–34	38,492	36,477
35–44	33,995	32,611
45–54	27,365	26,887
55–64	27,268	27,657
65+	31,605	39,260

Category	Value
White alone	325,363
Black alone	57,642
Two or more races	53,232
Some other race	28,534
Asian alone	19,805
American Indian / Alaska Native	3,956
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	305

Category	Value
1 person	71,169
2 people	61,835
3 people	26,947
4 people	21,929
5+ people	19,818

Category	Value
Under $25k	30,704
$25–49k	36,921
$50–74k	35,286
$75–99k	25,952
$100–149k	34,601
$150–199k	17,074
$200k+	21,160

Category	Value
For rent	4,381
For sale	481
Rented, not occupied	719
Sold, not occupied	427
Seasonal	775
Migrant workers	44
Other	4,498

Category	Value
Detached	133,096
Attached	8,317
2–4 units	7,289
5–19 units	32,268
20+ units	30,329
Mobile or other	1,724

Category	Value
Before 1960	68,639
1960–79	61,096
1980–99	48,016
2000–19	33,534
2020+	1,738

Category	Owner	Renter
Before 1990	15,965	898
1990s	15,954	1,544
2000s	23,838	5,113
2010s	43,950	35,659
2020–22	14,380	32,650
2023+	1,592	10,155

Category	Value
Under $100k	9,886
$100–249k	49,856
$250–499k	45,706
$500–749k	6,963
$750–999k	1,670
$1–1.49m	1,028
$1.5m+	570

Category	Value
Under $500	3,806
$500–999	22,112
$1,000–1,499	36,231
$1,500–1,999	15,851
$2,000–2,499	3,993
$2,500–2,999	1,058
$3,000+	1,117

Housing occupancy values
Category	Value
Occupied	201,698
Vacant	11,325

Vehicle availability values
Category	Owner	Renter
No vehicle	2,776	12,361
1 vehicle	31,265	45,552
2 vehicles	53,211	21,069
3 vehicles	19,402	5,146
4 vehicles	6,641	1,470
5+ vehicles	2,384	421

Travel mode values
Category	Value
Drive alone	179,828
Carpool	21,676
Public transit	2,513
Walk or bicycle	4,962
Work from home	37,870
Other	3,563

Coverage status values
Category	Value
Insured	438,528
Uninsured	44,699

Category	Value
Under 15 min	70,628
15–29 min	105,243
30–44 min	25,648
45–59 min	4,643
60+ min	6,380

5–17

18–24

25–34

35–44

45–54

55–64

65+

Ethnicity

5+ people

Under $25k

$25–49k

$50–74k

$100–149k

Less than 9th grade

Grades 9–12, no diploma

High school or equivalent

Some college, no degree

Graduate or professional

Owner financing

2–4 units

5–19 units

20+ units

Mobile or other

Before 1960

1960–79

1980–99

2000–19

Under $100k

$100–249k

$250–499k

$1.5m+

Under $500

$500–999

$1,000–1,499

$3,000+

Walk or bicycle

Other

Under 15 min

15–29 min

30–44 min

60+ min

Employment and commuting

Citizenship

Residential mobility

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