Best PlacesOmaha, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Omaha, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Omaha ranks 31,923rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Omaha
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Omaha's strengths and weaknesses
Where Omaha ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$512 a month, better than 91% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Short commute21.1 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
Where Omaha ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 16% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Household income$55,932 median, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Omaha
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Omaha home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,932, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Omaha's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Omaha
Omaha runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Omaha.
Who works in Omaha, and how
Work in Omaha centers on admin & support services and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Omaha
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Omaha.
What the weather is like in Omaha, month by month
Omaha sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 34° | 28° |
| April | 64° | 54° | 45° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 64° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Omaha
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Omaha
Schools across Omaha average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clintwood ElementaryA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ridgeview MiddleA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridgeview HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Omaha school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Omaha measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Omaha against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Omaha
Is Omaha a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Omaha ranks 31,923rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, good schools, and affordable childcare, and lowest on health outcomes and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Omaha expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $102,139. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $55,932 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Omaha safe?
Omaha is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $388 per resident a year.
Compare Omaha with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Omaha. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Omaha represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Omaha detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Omaha: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Omaha: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Omaha: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Omaha: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Omaha detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.