City safety & data profile
OmahaNE
Omaha, NE is a 486K-resident city in Douglas County with a median household income of $73,201.
Douglas County, Nebraska. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Omaha, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Omaha has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $245,500, and 11 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 486K
- Population (place)
- Top 1%
- By size
- $73,201
- Median income (place)
- $245,500
- Median home (place)
- 13.5%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Omaha
Omaha posts a median household income higher than 41% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 recent safety alert is on record and 11 hospitals serve the Omaha area.
- Bottom 42%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- safety alert on record
- 11
- hospitals in & near Omaha
Where Omaha income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$73,201 Bottom 41% higher than 41% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in NE
Population among 17 NE places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Omaha
Omaha, NE
486,051 residents
- Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
294,757 residents
- Bellevue 55,510
Bellevue, NE
55,510 residents
- Grand Island 51,440
Grand Island, NE
51,440 residents
- Kearney 33,021
Kearney, NE
33,021 residents
- Fremont 26,474
Fremont, NE
26,474 residents
- Hastings 24,924
Hastings, NE
24,924 residents
- Norfolk 24,366
Norfolk, NE
24,366 residents
- North Platte 24,194
North Platte, NE
24,194 residents
- Columbus 22,797
Columbus, NE
22,797 residents
What this shows Omaha is the largest NE city on this list; Papillion leads median income.
Highest median incomes in NE
Median household income among the same 17-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Papillion
Papillion, NE
$111,679 median
- Chalco
Chalco, NE
$85,672 median
- Bellevue
Bellevue, NE
$85,462 median
- La Vista
La Vista, NE
$81,961 median
- Omaha
Omaha, NE
$73,201 median
- Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
$71,867 median
- Fremont
Fremont, NE
$71,152 median
- Kearney
Kearney, NE
$69,724 median
- South Sioux …
South Sioux City, NE
$68,223 median
- Lexington
Lexington, NE
$67,666 median
What this shows Papillion posts the highest place-level median income in NE; Omaha is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Omaha, NE beyond the headline numbers
Omaha sits inside Douglas County, Nebraska, at roughly 41.26°N, -95.94°W. Population 486,051, $73,201 median household income. Median home value $245,500, median rent $1,187. Poverty rate 13.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
11 hospitals in/around Omaha, 3.8/5 avg rating, 6 with an ER.
Poverty in Omaha, NE stands at 13.5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
The median home in Omaha costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
15.1% of Omaha workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 20% in Omaha, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Omaha's median age is 35.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Omaha from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Douglas County): Omaha's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 13.5% +9% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.2% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 40.1% |
| Work From Home | 15.1% |
| Public Transit | 1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 11 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Omaha? 1
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet NE-OMAHA · Omaha
Omaha: 1 tagged alert; lead category EPA air-quality advisory.
- VOL-TRACE 1 on record
- AQ-LED 100% air quality
- DESK-MIX EPA
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston
- RANK-MID #63 tagged volume
Tagged alert mix: Omaha
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Air Quality
Air Quality
1
What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Omaha.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Omaha; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Nebraska state hubs · Methodology
Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Omaha, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NE (13.5% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NE ($73,201 here).
Compare Omaha with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Omaha's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Omaha area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Omaha against Nebraska peers on any ranking lens. Explore Nebraska
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Douglas County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.