About Omaha Nebraska Neighborhoods

Searching for Omaha real estate can be difficult if you are not familiar with how Omaha, NE neighborhoods are organized in the local MLS. If you are considering moving your family to Omaha, you should spend some time learning how locals refer to the neighborhoods and how agents generally use that information to find local properties.

Unlike some other regions in the U.S., home buyers and real estate agents in the Greater Omaha area generally search for homes according to school district rather than city name. This is because there have been many cities in the suburbs of Omaha that have been annexed and are now within city limits. Since they still retain a lot of historical and geographical character, they are still often referred to by their original city names, but are now more accurately school districts and neighborhoods within the Omaha area rather than cities.

List of Omaha area school districts

  • Bellevue School District
  • Bennington School District
  • Blair School District
  • Elkhorn School District
  • Fremont Schools
  • Gretna School District
  • Millard Schools
  • Omaha Schools
  • Papillion-La Vista School District
  • Ralston School District
  • Douglas County West School District
  • District 66 Schools

Within each of the above school districts, there are, of course, numerous unique sub-areas listed in the MLS. To get a complete list of Omaha MLS areas and their official MLS codes, you can use an advanced Omaha MLS search form. To see Omaha neighborhoods visually, you can use an Omaha map search to find real estate.

While Papillion and La Vista are unique neighborhoods on the south end of Omaha, it’s important to understand that they share the same school district, called Papillion-La Vista. Another piece of information that will help you when searching for Omaha real estate is that Westside is often referred to as District 66 or Westside District 66. In addition, Waterloo school district is also referred to as Douglas County West Community Schools, but is still listed in the Omaha MLS as “Waterloo.”

July 04 2009 09:06 pm | Uncategorized

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