Census-designated place · Sarpy County, Nebraska

Chalco, Nebraska

Chalco is a census-designated place in Sarpy County, Nebraska, part of the Omaha, NE-IA metro area. It has 10,595 residents. Chalco, Nebraska has a quality-of-life score of 97 out of 100 (very high), ranking #544 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nebraska it ranks #6 of 119 cities and towns. It ranks best on loneliness (low), broadband subscriptions (high) and violent crime rate (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), effective property tax rate (high) and restaurants and bars (low).

97Very high

Quality-of-life score: #544 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nebraska: #6 of 119 in NE
Population: 10,595 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 3,941.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 3108640

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety96#670/15,637
Economy90#1,530/15,631
Housing69#4,618/14,977
Health89#1,742/15,609
Healthcare78#3,471/15,650
Environment90#1,589/15,453
Education87#2,097/15,649
Infrastructure100#75/15,650
Community83#2,680/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,169/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Chalco, Nebraska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Sarpy County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Loneliness · low29.0%
100/100Nebraska 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Broadband subscriptions · high99.1%
98/100Nebraska 90.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Violent crime rate · low51 /100k
97/100Nebraska 218 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSarpy County value
Traffic deaths · low4.8 /100k
96/100Nebraska 11.9 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataSarpy County value
Injury deaths · low49 /100k
95/100Nebraska 66 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSarpy County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.346
94/100Nebraska 0.456United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
9/100Nebraska 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSarpy County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.70%
14/100Nebraska 1.44%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Restaurants and bars · low5.6 /10k
16/100Nebraska 9.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSarpy County value
Social associations · low6.6 /10k
16/100Nebraska 13.4 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSarpy County value
Pharmacies · low1.1 /10k
21/100Nebraska 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSarpy County value
Public EV charging ports · low2.5 /10k
24/100Nebraska 3.9 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySarpy County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
30.3% (2015-2019) → 51.6% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 2.8× (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.0% (2015-2019) → 31.2% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
93.6% (2015-2019) → 99.1% (2020-2024)
+5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
10.2% (2015-2019) → 5.9% (2020-2024)
−4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
7.2% (2015-2019) → 4.8% (2020-2024)
−2.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Chalco, Nebraska improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+5.5 points93.6% → 99.1%

Declined2

Rent burden+21 points30.3% → 51.6%
Price / income+0.9×1.9× → 2.8×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Chalco, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.7 min2015-2019	20.1 min2020-2024	−1.6 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%2015-2019	37.0%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Broadband subscriptions	93.6%2015-2019	99.1%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Improved	35%
Effective property tax rate	1.97%2015-2019	1.70%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
High school diploma or higher	97.2%2015-2019	96.6%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	27%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3692015-2019	0.3462020-2024	−0.023	Within the margin of error	70%
Median household income	$80,8962015-2019	$85,6722020-2024	+5.9%	Within the margin of error	12%
Poverty rate	7.2%2015-2019	4.8%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent as share of income	24.0%2015-2019	31.2%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Rent-burdened households	30.3%2015-2019	51.6%2020-2024	+21 points	Declined	7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.7%2015-2019	4.8%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Chalco, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Chalco, Nebraska in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Chalco, Nebraska itself moved −11.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

10,595 residents (±728)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,512 households (±260)

Chalco, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k8.5%†385
$25k–50k12%†534
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

4,512 households (±260)

Chalco, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own68%3,090
Rent32%1,422

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−6.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

6,652 workers (±492)

Chalco, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone83%5,526
Carpool7.4%†490
Public transit0.3%†20

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Omaha, NE-IA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Sarpy County, the county holding most of Chalco's residents.

Sarpy County has 4,106 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.72× Nebraska's), with 62,801 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,636. The Census Bureau also counts 14,367 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,106; 14,367 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 62,801
Average annual pay: $54,636; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Sarpy County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	518	25.9	1.67×More than typical	6,681	$70,594	994
Ambulatory health care services	295	14.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	2,323	$53,358	649
Restaurants and other eating places	279	13.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	6,175	$20,766	50
Lessors of real estate	213	10.6	0.86×About typical	504	$47,254	1,442
Services to buildings and dwellings	187	9.3	1.39×More than typical	1,379	$50,252	653
Construction of buildings	164	8.2	1.08×About typical	1,436	$77,271	379
Building equipment contractors	160	8	1.33×More than typical	3,222	$75,409	135
Building finishing contractors	148	7.4	1.94×More than typical	1,479	$63,773	376
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	140	7	2.22×More than typical	1,234	$65,337	205
Truck transportation	136	6.8	1.34×More than typical	1,748	$59,859	244
Limited-service restaurants	135	6.7	0.84×About typical	3,022	$19,369	25
Offices of other health practitioners	127	6.3	1.04×About typical	707	$48,057	334

Rank places for an industry Open Sarpy County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 200,215 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $106K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Chalco, Nebraska: $10.01 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $106K; −81% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10.01; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 58%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$102.8K97%
United States Mint$3,2913.1%

Top recipients

GREEN PASTURES LAWN CARE, LLC$129.9K100%
BRAVO, INC.$61.1K58%
INTEGRITY - THE LA GROUP JOINT VENTURE, LLC$24.5K23%
BKM CONSTRUCTION LLC$14.4K14%
MOBILITY ENTERPRISES, INC.$11.5K11%

Spending by fiscal year

489.5KFY2017
194KFY2018
390.2KFY2019
207.2KFY2020
395.2KFY2021
3.3MFY2022
2.7MFY2023
-1.4MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$64.4K61%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$24.5K23%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$24.1K23%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$11.5K11%
Investigation and security services · 5616$5480.5%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Chalco, Nebraska, so they do not add up across cities.

Chalco, Nebraska's figures are part of those of Sarpy County, NE ($429.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Chalco is mostly in Sarpy County.

See federal money in Sarpy County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Chalco, Nebraska is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Sarpy County99100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Omaha, NE-IA96

Other cities and towns in Sarpy County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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