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Omaha, NE
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Omaha profile


Living in Omaha



Omaha is a large city located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 485,153 people and 158 associated neighborhoods, Omaha is the largest community in Nebraska.

Also of interest is that Omaha has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Omaha telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.55% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Omaha, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Omaha is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Omaha a great place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun. In fact, Omaha is one of the top larger cities in America for educated single professionals to flock.

The education level of Omaha citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.21% of adults in Omaha have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Omaha in 2022 was $40,081, which is wealthy relative to Nebraska, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,324 for a family of four. However, Omaha contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Omaha is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Omaha home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Omaha residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Omaha also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Omaha include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Omaha is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.