City · Sarpy County, Nebraska

La Vista, Nebraska

La Vista is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, part of the Omaha, NE-IA metro area. It has 16,563 residents. La Vista, Nebraska has a quality-of-life score of 93 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,019 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nebraska it ranks #14 of 119 cities and towns. It ranks best on loneliness (low), violent crime rate (low) and traffic deaths (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), new homes permitted (low) and restaurants and bars (low).

93Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,019 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nebraska: #14 of 119 in NE
Population: 16,563 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 2,938.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3126385

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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
Economy76#3,795/15,631
Housing57#6,387/14,977
Health88#1,824/15,609
Healthcare75#3,924/15,650
Environment90#1,589/15,453
Education87#2,078/15,649
Infrastructure98#282/15,650
Community83#2,680/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,169/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where La Vista, 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 · low29.1%
100/100Nebraska 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
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
Frequent mental distress · low14.1%
94/100Nebraska 15.3%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Premature death · low5,105 /100k
92/100Nebraska 6,916 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSarpy County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
9/100Nebraska 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSarpy County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Nebraska 5.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
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
Effective property tax rate · high1.50%
22/100Nebraska 1.44%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
5.1 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 3.2× (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.3% (2015-2019) → 47.4% (2020-2024)
+6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
30.8% (2015-2019) → 35.8% (2020-2024)
+5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
90.0% (2015-2019) → 94.8% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$68,551 (2015-2019) → $81,961 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, La Vista, Nebraska improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 7 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.

Improved4

Property tax−0.5 points1.99% → 1.50%
Bachelor's++5 points30.8% → 35.8%
Household income+20%$68,551 → $81,961
Broadband+4.8 points90.0% → 94.8%

Declined3

Inequality+0.0380.362 → 0.400
Price / income+0.9×2.3× → 3.2×
Rent / income+3.9 points25.1% → 29.0%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of La Vista, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.1 min2015-2019	20.2 min2020-2024	+2.1 min	Within the margin of error	26%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%2015-2019	35.8%2020-2024	+5 points	Improved	68%
Broadband subscriptions	90.0%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Improved	30%
Child poverty rate	7.6%2015-2019	9.7%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Effective property tax rate	1.99%2015-2019	1.50%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	90%
High school diploma or higher	95.1%2015-2019	96.8%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	25%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3622015-2019	0.4002020-2024	+0.038	Declined	22%
Median household income	$68,5512015-2019	$81,9612020-2024	+20%	Improved	32%
Poverty rate	5.9%2015-2019	7.5%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent as share of income	25.1%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Declined	28%
Rent-burdened households	41.3%2015-2019	47.4%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Unemployment rate	2.1%2015-2019	3.4%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.5%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	52%

“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 La Vista, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of La Vista, 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, La Vista, Nebraska itself moved −8.6 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

16,563 residents (±31)

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

6,819 households (±426)

La Vista, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k7.3%†499
$25k–50k18%1,219
$50k–75k20%1,365

Homes

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

Owners and renters

6,819 households (±426)

La Vista, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own52%3,518
Rent48%3,301

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−4.0 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

9,922 workers (±553)

La Vista, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone79%7,844
Carpool5.9%†583
Public transit1.0%†96

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 La Vista'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 $691.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in La Vista, Nebraska: $41.77 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $691.8K; −1.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $41.77; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.7%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$565.4K82%
Bureau of Reclamation$64.9K9.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$42.6K6.2%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$19K2.7%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

152.4KFY2017
12KFY2018
-373KFY2019
400.2KFY2020
692.7KFY2021
274.9KFY2022
1.3MFY2023
1.5MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$284.3K41%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$124.7K18%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$94.7K14%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$43.1K6.2%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$26K3.8%
Glass and glass product manufacturing · 3272

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in La Vista, Nebraska

BLOOD COLLECTION TUBES$300.7K
STRECK LLC· Sarpy County, NE· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2021 – Feb 5, 2026· 36C26222P0003
TSC IIJA 8540 FAILURE ANALYSIS CHARACTER$81.6K
MIDLAND SCIENTIFIC INC· Sarpy County, NE· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 17, 2026 – Apr 17, 2026· 140R4026P0034
8511731158!IMPACTOR,OIL$27.6K
MIDLAND SCIENTIFIC INC· Sarpy County, NE· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 30, 2025 – Oct 30, 2025· SPE8E526P0185
8511864069!ANALYSIS KIT,HYDRAU$25.3K

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 La Vista, Nebraska, so they do not add up across cities.

La Vista, Nebraska's figures are part of those of Sarpy County, NE ($429.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: La Vista 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.

La Vista, 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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