Bennington vs Omaha

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

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

Omaha has the higher population (488,197 vs 2,417 in Bennington). Bennington has the higher median household income ($98,375 vs $72,708 in Omaha). Bennington has the higher median home value ($337,600 vs $230,100 in Omaha).

Population, income & housing

	Bennington	Omaha
Population	2,417	488,197
Median age	38.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,375	$72,708
Median home value	$337,600	$230,100
Median gross rent	$1,361	$1,150
Housing units	1,052	211,640
Homeownership rate	69.3%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennington	Omaha
Population	1,931 → 2,417 (+25.2%)	475,862 → 488,197 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$80,917 → $98,375 (+21.6%)	$60,092 → $72,708 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$212,400 → $337,600 (+58.9%)	$159,700 → $230,100 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $1,361 (+47.9%)	$923 → $1,150 (+24.6%)

Bennington

Population

1,9312,417

Median household income

$80,917$98,375

Median home value

$212,400$337,600

Median gross rent

$920$1,361

Omaha

Population

475,862488,197

Median household income

$60,092$72,708

Median home value

$159,700$230,100

Median gross rent

$923$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennington	Omaha
Under 5	9.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.7%
75 and over	9.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennington	Omaha
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	64.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennington	Omaha
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.5%
High school graduate	23.4%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennington	Omaha
Drove alone	82.2%	73.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.7%
Public transit	0.2%	1.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.9%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennington	Omaha
1-unit, detached	66.5%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	15.1%
20 or more units	12.2%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bennington	Omaha
Poverty rate	3.9%	12.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	2002	1972