How Does Omaha Ne Stack Up?

Check out these lists of where Omaha and Nebraska stand in various national polls. For example, did you know that Omaha was rated #6 on Forbes list of America's Most Livable Cities? Or that Nebraska was ranked #5 for Best Education Climates by Business Facilities. Keep reading to see how else our city and state stack up against other locations around the country.

Omaha

#1 - Top 10 Best Value Cities for 2011 (Kiplinger, July 2011)

#3 - Places with Good Jobs and Cheap Housing (Yahoo! Finance, July 2011)

#5 - Best Cities for Young Professionals (Forbes, July 2011)

#10 - Fastest Selling Cities in America (Realtor.com, May 2011)

#8 - Best Cities for Families (Parenting, June 2011) 

One of the Best Places to Retire (Forbes, March 2011)

#19 - Healthiest Housing Markets for 2011 (Builder, March 2011)

#1 - America's Most Affordable Cities (Forbes, Jan. 2011)

One of America's Lowest-Risk Housing Markets (SmartMoney.com, Jan. 2011)

#2 - Best Cities for Business (MarketWatch, Dec. 2010)

#12 - Best Cities for Babies (Parenting, Nov. 2010)

#3 - Best Cities to Relocate to in America (BestPlaces.net, Oct. 2010)

#5 - America's Safest Cities (Forbes, Oct. 2010)

#2 - 15 Best Cities to Restart Your Career (Business Insider, Oct. 2010)

One of the Nation's 100 Best Communities for Young People (America's Promise Alliance and ING, Sept. 2010)

One of the 20 Strongest Performing Metro Areas, First Quater (Brookings Institute, Sept. 2010) 

One of the 20 Strongest Performing Metro Areas, Second Quater (Brookings Institute, Sept. 2010) 

One of the Fastest Growing Cities in America (Forbes, Oct. 2010)

One of the Top Five Metro Area that are Hot (Money, 2010)

One of the 20 Strongest Performing Metro Areas, Fourth Quater (Brookings Institute, Sept. 2010)

#16 - Best Places to Raise a Family (BestLife, 2010)

#9 - Best Cities for Families (Parenting, 2010)

One of the 20 Strongest Performing Metro Areas, First Quater (Brookings Institute, Sept. 2010)

One of America's mid-sized cities to experience intense housing development at double or more than the national rate (Reed Construction Data, 2010)

One of the Best Places for Home Buying (Money, 2010)

#2 - Papillion - Most Affordable Suburbs in US (Bloomberg Bus.Week, 2010)

#31 - Best City for Running a Business Based on Fun (Portfolio.com/bizjournals, 2010)

#6 - America's Most Livable Cities (Forbes, Apr 2010)

#8 - Top U.S. Growth Cities for 2009 (U-Haul International, 2010)

#7 - Best Places for Business and Careers (Forbes, 2010)

 

Nebraska

#11 - America's Healthiest States (United Health Foundation, Dec. 2010)

#6 - State Competitiveness (Beacon Hill Institute, Oct. 2010)

#2 - Best States for Drivers (Forbes, Oct. 2010)

#9 - Best States for Business and Careers (Forbes, Oct. 2010)

#1 - Condition of Urban and Rural Interstate Highways (Reason Foundation, 2010)

#5 - Performance and Cost Effectiveness of Roads (Reason Fnd., 2010)

#3 - States with Ridiculously Low Unemployment (Business Insider, 2010

Lowest State Debt Burden in the U.S. (CNNMoney.com, 2010)

#5 - Best Education Climate (Business Facilities, 2010)

#2 - Employment Leaders (Business Facilities, 2010)

#4 - Top States for Quality of Life (Business Facilities, 2010)

#8 - Biofuels Manufacturing Research Leader (Business Facilities, 2010)

#6 - Top Pro-Business States for 2010 (Pollina Corporate Real Estate, 2010)

#13 - Top States for Business (CNBC, 2010)

#6 - Most Affordable States for Car Insurance (2010 Car Insurance Affordability Index, 2010)

#4 - Top States for Volunteering (Corporation for National and Community Service, 2010)

One of the Most Enterprise-Friendly States (U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Chamber Foundation, 2010)