Equality vs Omaha

A side-by-side comparison of Equality and Omaha: population, income, housing, and more.

Equality and Omaha are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Equality has the higher population (539 vs 276 in Omaha). Omaha has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $42,500 in Equality). Equality has the higher median home value ($84,500 vs $44,600 in Omaha).

Population, income & housing

	Equality	Omaha
Population	539	276
Median age	45.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$63,750
Median home value	$84,500	$44,600
Median gross rent	$419	$675
Housing units	292	125
Homeownership rate	81.5%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Equality	Omaha
Population	458 → 539 (+17.7%)	285 → 276 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $42,500 (+0.0%)	$38,333 → $63,750 (+66.3%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $84,500 (+15.8%)	$45,600 → $44,600 (-2.2%)
Median gross rent	$358 → $419 (+17.0%)	$346 → $675 (+95.1%)

Equality

Population

458539

Median household income

$42,500$42,500

Median home value

$73,000$84,500

Median gross rent

$358$419

Omaha

Population

285276

Median household income

$38,333$63,750

Median home value

$45,600$44,600

Median gross rent

$346$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Equality	Omaha
Under 5	3.3%	9.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	13.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	4.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	6.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	18.8%
75 and over	14.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Equality	Omaha
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	26.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Equality	Omaha
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	36.1%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	50.1%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Equality	Omaha
Drove alone	83.2%	92.1%
Carpooled	15.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Equality	Omaha
1-unit, detached	75.3%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Equality	Omaha
Poverty rate	16.9%	14.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1964	1964