Boys Town vs Omaha

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

Boys Town 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 763 in Boys Town). Omaha has the higher median household income ($72,708 vs $72,000 in Boys Town). Since 2019, Omaha's population has grown faster (+2.6% vs -11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Boys Town	Omaha
Population	763	488,197
Median age	19.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,000	$72,708
Median home value	—	$230,100
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,150
Housing units	40	211,640
Homeownership rate	0.0%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boys Town	Omaha
Population	864 → 763 (-11.7%)	475,862 → 488,197 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$56,875 → $72,000 (+26.6%)	$60,092 → $72,708 (+21.0%)
Median home value	—	$159,700 → $230,100 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,094 (-2.8%)	$923 → $1,150 (+24.6%)

Boys Town

Population

864763

Median household income

$56,875$72,000

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,094

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)

	Boys Town	Omaha
Under 5	0.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	44.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	18.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	4.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	8.7%
75 and over	0.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boys Town	Omaha
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	64.2%
Black or African American	25.7%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.4%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boys Town	Omaha
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	17.6%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	58.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boys Town	Omaha
Drove alone	5.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	95.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boys Town	Omaha
1-unit, detached	27.5%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	37.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Boys Town	Omaha
Poverty rate	47.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1960	1972