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Ottawa, IL

18,714 Population
14.9 square miles 1,256.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 42.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,776 ±$3,827 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $37,828 ±$880
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$73,011 ±$4,981 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $70,941 ±$1,750
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

14.4% ±3.1% (2,604  ±557) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 13.1% 18,876 (±0.8% / ±1,181)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

22.5 minutes ±1.8 (180,910  ±19,992) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 24.9 1,642,700 (±0.7 / ±55,935)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

7,557 ±342 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 61,576 ±617
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.1 (18,304  ±540) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 2.3 144,125 (±0 / ±94)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

6.5% ±2.1% (256  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 6.4% † 1,913 (±0.9% / ±266)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

8,394 ±364 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 68,553 ±83
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$144,500 ±$5,832 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $148,600 ±$3,153
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

13.7% ±3.1% (2,525  ±572.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 10% 14,610 (±0.8% / ±1,147.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

92% ±4.3% (11,793  ±730.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 91.4% 95,883 (±1.6% / ±1,714)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
21.9% ±2.5% (2,813  ±344.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 19.6% 20,542 (±0.8% / ±803.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

2.6% ±1% (482  ±184) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 3.5% 5,181
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.3% ±1.8% (1,030  ±254) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 7.5% 8,688 (±0.4% / ±483)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,030 Total veterans ±254 954 Male ±241 76 Female ±50

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