Omaha vs Valley

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

Omaha and Valley 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 3,113 in Valley). Valley has the higher median household income ($106,750 vs $72,708 in Omaha). Valley has the higher median home value ($515,100 vs $230,100 in Omaha).

Population, income & housing

	Omaha	Valley
Population	488,197	3,113
Median age	35.3 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,708	$106,750
Median home value	$230,100	$515,100
Median gross rent	$1,150	$1,053
Housing units	211,640	1,603
Homeownership rate	57.7%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Omaha	Valley
Population	475,862 → 488,197 (+2.6%)	2,773 → 3,113 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$60,092 → $72,708 (+21.0%)	$72,500 → $106,750 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $230,100 (+44.1%)	$248,200 → $515,100 (+107.5%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,150 (+24.6%)	$909 → $1,053 (+15.8%)

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

Valley

Population

2,7733,113

Median household income

$72,500$106,750

Median home value

$248,200$515,100

Median gross rent

$909$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Omaha	Valley
Under 5	6.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	15.6%
75 and over	5.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Omaha	Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	11.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Omaha	Valley
No high school diploma	9.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	21.3%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Omaha	Valley
Drove alone	73.3%	66.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	23.6%
Other means	1.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Omaha	Valley
1-unit, detached	63.1%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	13.5%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Omaha	Valley
Poverty rate	12.8%	4.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1972	1982