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ZipVitals

How the Omaha, NE-IA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Omaha, NE-IA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 2026113 of 113 ZIP codes scored · 0.98M residents represented

Score snapshot

58.49Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
57.88Median scoremiddle of 113 scored ZIPs
72.04Highest score68118 · Omaha
32.27Lowest score68111 · Omaha
39.77Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#38Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
28%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.27M of 0.98M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.55MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs56% of the metro
0.36MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs37% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Omaha, NE-IA metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 50 of 113
  1. 27068118in Omaha · 9,169 residents72.04
  2. 58868130in Omaha · 21,722 residents70.02
  3. 68368022in Elkhorn · 36,538 residents69.49
  4. 78868116in Omaha · 34,501 residents68.89
  5. 79768136in Omaha · 22,163 residents68.85
  6. 82768135in Omaha · 30,523 residents68.72
  7. 94868007in Bennington · 19,536 residents68.29
  8. 1,17668028in Gretna · 17,529 residents67.35
  9. 1,39068133in Papillion · 14,729 residents66.65
  10. 1,70868154in Omaha · 24,060 residents65.77
  11. 1,82668142in Omaha · 4,505 residents65.46
  12. 1,83668046in Papillion · 35,085 residents65.44
  13. 2,14868124in Omaha · 15,482 residents64.64
  14. 2,28268144in Omaha · 25,732 residents64.34
  15. 2,36368059in Springfield · 3,373 residents64.16
  16. 2,38168114in Omaha · 17,596 residents64.13
  17. 2,53168164in Omaha · 28,564 residents63.86
  18. 2,78568138in Omaha · 11,713 residents63.34
  19. 2,96068122in Omaha · 13,352 residents63.02
  20. 3,10668128in La Vista · 18,924 residents62.75
  21. 3,13668123in Bellevue · 33,804 residents62.69
  22. 3,24068113in Offutt Afb · 892 residents62.48
  23. 3,27468069in Waterloo · 3,207 residents62.43
  24. 3,31768132in Omaha · 13,960 residents62.35
  25. 3,52651554in Mineola · 194 residents61.99
  26. 3,67268407in Murdock · 878 residents61.74
  27. 3,69768304in Alvo · 414 residents61.70
  28. 3,77968106in Omaha · 21,224 residents61.54
  29. 3,93268137in Omaha · 24,277 residents61.32
  30. 4,06868409in Murray · 625 residents61.09
  31. 4,17868064in Valley · 4,046 residents60.93
  32. 4,28451571in Silver City · 902 residents60.77
  33. 4,42668366in Greenwood · 957 residents60.58
  34. 4,87968003in Ashland · 5,139 residents59.99
  35. 5,03368413in Nehawka · 558 residents59.76
  36. 5,03768455in Union · 852 residents59.75
  37. 5,18668152in Omaha · 6,791 residents59.55
  38. 5,25251575in Treynor · 1,609 residents59.44
  39. 5,32551576in Underwood · 1,769 residents59.34
  40. 5,33468403in Manley · 206 residents59.33
  41. 5,43268023in Fort Calhoun · 2,687 residents59.21
  42. 5,45951561in Pacific Junction · 1,039 residents59.18
  43. 5,47151548in McClelland · 415 residents59.17
  44. 5,47868041in Mead · 1,005 residents59.17
  45. 5,48768015in Cedar Bluffs · 1,236 residents59.15
  46. 5,52768034in Kennard · 627 residents59.10
  47. 5,57468058in South Bend · 378 residents59.03
  48. 5,58551542in Honey Creek · 802 residents59.02
  49. 5,72868008in Blair · 12,823 residents58.82
  50. 5,98668018in Colon · 508 residents58.51
Open the full Omaha, NE-IA metro ranking →One page, all 113 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Omaha, NE-IA metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.

The highest-standing fifth

23 of 113 ZIPs

Share of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.

Healthcare Access47%464,156 people

3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 51503 Council Bluffs68105 Omaha68144 Omaha

Chronic Disease Burden45%443,143 people

Standing highest: 68113 Offutt Afb68135 Omaha68178 Omaha

Disability43%418,949 people

Standing highest: 68022 Elkhorn68118 Omaha68135 Omaha

Social Need / SDOH38%373,283 people

Standing highest: 68118 Omaha68124 Omaha68130 Omaha

Risk Behavior31%299,968 people

Standing highest: 68058 South Bend68118 Omaha68130 Omaha

Climate / Disaster Risk25%243,374 people

Standing highest: 51550 Magnolia68111 Omaha68152 Omaha

Environmental Hazard25%239,870 people

Standing highest: 68068 Washington68136 Omaha68403 Manley

Mental Health10%100,233 people

Standing highest: 68018 Colon68058 South Bend68648 Morse Bluff

Preventive Care6%58,506 people

Standing highest: 51526 Crescent51571 Silver City68058 South Bend

Each fifth is about 23 of this metro’s 113 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 977,714 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.

The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.

Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Why this matters

The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Omaha, NE-IA figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.

A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.