San Francisco, CA vs Omaha, NE

San Francisco, CA outspends Omaha, NE by a wide margin per resident — $184,131 versus $11,180, a 1547% difference. A gap this size usually reflects a structurally different service mix or accounting scope rather than a single line item.

Omaha, NE holds the stronger Fiscal Health Score, 90/100 (grade A) against 48/100 (grade D) for San Francisco, CA — a 42-point spread that puts the two in different grade territory.

Omaha, NE reports no outstanding debt per resident in its Census filing, while San Francisco, CA carries $2,031 per resident. Both cities pour the most per-resident dollars into the same function: parks and recreation leads in San Francisco, CA at $4,119 per resident and in Omaha, NE at $742.

They also fund themselves differently: intergovernmental transfers is the largest single revenue source in San Francisco, CA at 7% of total revenue, whereas Omaha, NE relies most on other revenue at 17%.