 Omaha is strategically located in the middle - the "heartland" - of the United States. It is a thriving metropolitan area of 750,000 residents and over one million people residing within a 50 mile radius of the city. We are within 4 hours of either coast by air and 20% of the US population is located within a days drive of Omaha.
Independent researchers rank Omaha well above other cities in the qualities and amenities that contribute to pleasant living. The open, friendly attitude and hard work ethic of Nebraskans, gives Omaha the edge over cities of any size.
Omaha and Nebraska have ranked high on some well respected national lists like:
- Omaha received the #10 ranking for "America's Most Recession-Resistant Cities" (Brookings Institution - 2009)
- Omaha was rated sixth on the list of "Best Mid-sized Cities for Next Gen Workers" (Next Generation Consulting - 2009)
- Omaha was ranked fifth among the "Best Places to Start Over" (Business Week - 2009)
- Omaha is listed among the “Top 10 Fittest Cities in America” (Men’s Fitness – 2009)
- Omaha is listed among “America’s 25 Strongest Housing Markets” (Forbes.com – 2009; data provided by Moody’s Economy.com)
- Omaha ranked 17th on a list of 124 mid-size metros for best quality of life (Bizjournals.com; Quality of Life Study – 2009)
- The Greater Omaha suburb of Papillion was ranked first in Nebraska on the “2009 Best Affordable Suburbs” list (Business Week – 2009)
- Omaha ranks sixth on Yahoo! Real Estate’s list of “10 Affordable Places to Retire” (Yahoo! Real Estate – 2009)
- Greater Omaha ranked #10 on Site Selection magazine’s “Top Mid-size Metros for 2008” (Site Selection – 2009)
- The Greater Omaha MSA is 11th on the "2009 Best Large Cities for Job Growth" (NewGeography.com - 2009)
- Omaha ranked 35th out of 200 top metros for "Best Places for Business and Careers" (Forbes.com - 2009)
- Omaha ranked 33rd out fo 200 top metros for "Projected Job Growth" (Forbes.com - 2009)
- Omaha is sixth on the list of "Most Favorable Cities for a Plant that Turns an Ethanol Byproduct into Health Food." (The Boyd Company - 2009)
- Nebraska ranked seventh among the “Healthiest States in America for 2008”
(AOL Money and Finance – 2009)
- Nebraska is among the “Top 20 Safest States for 2009” (WalletPop.com – 2009)
- As of May 2009, Nebraska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was nearly half the national average and second lowest of all states in the U.S. (Bureau of Labor Statistics – 2009)
- Nebraska was one of only nine states to receive a "Green" rating for the "Best Places to Avoid a Recession" (JobBait.com - 2009)
- Nebraska ranked 10th on the Forbes.com list of "Best States for Business" (Forbes.com - 2009)
- Nebraska was identified as being more than 90 percent recession proof from 1991 through 2009 (JobBait.com - 2009)
- Nebraska was listed among only 10 states whose economies are outperforming the U.S. economy as a whole (Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government - 2009)
- Nebraska ranked 16th on a list of "America's Best States to Live" (Forbes.com - 2009)
- Nebraska ranked #1 as the "Financially Happiest State in the Union" (MainStreet.com Happiness Index - 2009)
- Nebraska is listed as a "Top 10 Pro-Business State for 2009" (Pollina Corporate Real Estate - 2009)
- In the overall ranking for "Best States for Business", Nebraska is fifth (Directorship Boardroom Intelligence - 2009)
- On the "National Physical Health Ranking", Nebraska is sixth (Forbes.com - 2009)
- The state of Nebraska ranked fifth among all states in a comparison of 44 quality of life characteristics (Congressional Quarterly Press – 2009)
- Nebraska ranked seventh for "Lowest Cost of Living in 2008" (CNBC.com - 2009)
- Nebraska ranked 12th for "Quality of Life in 2008" (CNBC.com - 2009)
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