Offutt AFB vs Papillion

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

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

Papillion has the higher population (24,063 vs 5,663 in Offutt AFB). Papillion has the higher median household income ($109,602 vs $67,803 in Offutt AFB). Since 2019, Papillion's population has grown faster (+17.8% vs +12.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Offutt AFB	Papillion
Population	5,663	24,063
Median age	23.8 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,803	$109,602
Median home value	—	$290,900
Median gross rent	$1,549	$1,210
Housing units	1,985	9,509
Homeownership rate	0.5%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Offutt AFB	Papillion
Population	5,048 → 5,663 (+12.2%)	20,423 → 24,063 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$56,375 → $67,803 (+20.3%)	$80,619 → $109,602 (+36.0%)
Median home value	—	$189,900 → $290,900 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,294 → $1,549 (+19.7%)	$917 → $1,210 (+32.0%)

Offutt AFB

Population

5,0485,663

Median household income

$56,375$67,803

Median gross rent

$1,294$1,549

Papillion

Population

20,42324,063

Median household income

$80,619$109,602

Median home value

$189,900$290,900

Median gross rent

$917$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Offutt AFB	Papillion
Under 5	14.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	17.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	26.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	4.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	2.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	0.8%	9.5%
75 and over	0.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Offutt AFB	Papillion
White (non-Hispanic)	58.5%	85.3%
Black or African American	7.8%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	14.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Offutt AFB	Papillion
No high school diploma	3.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	17.7%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	52.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Offutt AFB	Papillion
Drove alone	81.7%	78.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	14.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Offutt AFB	Papillion
1-unit, detached	3.5%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	77.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Offutt AFB	Papillion
Poverty rate	6.9%	4.2%
Average household size	3.00	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1995	1990