Chalco vs Offutt AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Chalco and Offutt AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chalco has the higher population (10,625 vs 5,663 in Offutt AFB). Chalco has the higher median household income ($81,427 vs $67,803 in Offutt AFB). Since 2019, Offutt AFB's population has grown faster (+12.2% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Chalco	Offutt AFB
Population	10,625	5,663
Median age	35.1 yrs	23.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,427	$67,803
Median home value	$224,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,549
Housing units	4,359	1,985
Homeownership rate	72.6%	0.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalco	Offutt AFB
Population	10,952 → 10,625 (-3.0%)	5,048 → 5,663 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$80,896 → $81,427 (+0.7%)	$56,375 → $67,803 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $224,400 (+46.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,103 (+28.9%)	$1,294 → $1,549 (+19.7%)

Chalco

Population

10,95210,625

Median household income

$80,896$81,427

Median home value

$153,100$224,400

Median gross rent

$856$1,103

Offutt AFB

Population

5,0485,663

Median household income

$56,375$67,803

Median gross rent

$1,294$1,549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalco	Offutt AFB
Under 5	5.8%	14.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	17.6%
25 to 34	18.8%	26.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	4.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	2.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	0.8%
75 and over	2.2%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalco	Offutt AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	58.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	14.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalco	Offutt AFB
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	26.0%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalco	Offutt AFB
Drove alone	85.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalco	Offutt AFB
1-unit, detached	75.2%	3.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	77.5%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	15.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Chalco	Offutt AFB
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.44	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1989	1995