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Ottawa town, Waukesha County, WI

3,644 Population
32.8 square miles 111.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±8.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Waukesha County: 43.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$69,647 ±$7,531 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Waukesha County: $58,126 ±$1,354
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
$153,018 ±$21,258 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Waukesha County: $106,076 ±$1,512
  • about double the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455

1% ±0.9% (36  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Waukesha County: 5.2% 21,331 (±0.3% / ±1,339)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)

27.4 minutes ±4.3 (54,025  ±10,633) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 22.6 4,064,495 (±0.2 / ±61,845)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)

Families

1,435 ±93 Number of households
  • Waukesha County: 168,658 ±701
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
2.5 ±0.2 (3,621  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 2.4 407,547 (±0 / ±91)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449

5.7% ±4.4% (49  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Waukesha County: 4.4% † 3,743 (±0.6% / ±476)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)

Housing

1,629 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Waukesha County: 175,591 ±121
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533

$425,900 ±$49,852 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Waukesha County: $398,200 ±$3,967
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051

3.5% ±2.1% (126  ±75.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Waukesha County: 9.3% 38,112 (±0.5% / ±2,151)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)

Social

98.9% ±12.1% (2,683  ±368.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waukesha County: 97.2% 286,784 (±1.2% / ±3,495)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
43.9% ±8.6% (1,190  ±244.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Waukesha County: 48.9% 144,217 (±0.8% / ±2,329.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.1% ±2.1% (111  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Waukesha County: 5.5% 22,683
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979

6.6% ±2.7% (197  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Waukesha County: 5.5% 17,996 (±0.3% / ±905)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
197 Total veterans ±81 164 Male ±67 33 Female ±33

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